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Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues
The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had already filed to trademark those names.
It says Wesley Berry, a computer scientist and co-founder of tech startup Prophetic, previously filed trademark applications for Telepathy in May 2023 and Telekinesis in August 2024. The company has been using the name Telepathy to describe its first product, which is designed to allow paralyzed people the ability to operate their phones and computers with just their thoughts. “The standard for likelihood of confusion is, if a random consumer encountered both of these products, would they think that they’re coming from the same company?” says Heather Antoine, an intellectual property partner at Stoel Rives in Sacramento.
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