USA The Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Neuralink’s Try the trademark product name telepathy and telepathy, the reason is that another person applies for the same trademark application.
Neuralink, co-created by Brain Implant Elon Musksubmit to March name trademark. But in a letter sent to Neuralink in August, the Trademark Office refused to allow the application to move forward. It said Wesley Berry, a computer scientist and co-founder of Tech Startup Prophetic, had previously filed trademark applications for telepathic in May 2023 and Telekinesis in August 2024. It is predicted that wearable headphones are being built to induce Lucid Dreaming, but only Berry is the author of the trademark application, not Probehetications. (Berry declined to comment on the story.)
In response to Neuralink’s telepathic application, the Trademark Office also cites the existing trademark of Telepathy Labs, a Tampa-based company that provides businesses with interactive voice and chat robotics.
Meanwhile, Musk’s neural fusion is developing Brain computer interface This involves a device that is surgically implanted in the skull to collect brain activity. The company has been using telepathy to describe its first product, which is designed to enable paralyzers to operate their phones and computers simply by their ideas. Musk unveils telepathic name in a telepathic name in January 2024 Social Media PostsShortly after the company implanted First volunteer and technology. According to a Announced in July. (Neuralink did not respond to a request for comment.)
Both Berry and Neuralink have proposed “intentional use” applications that allow businesses and inventors to retain trademark rights before using commercial trademarks. Berry’s telepathic application is Accepted in December 2024 and the Spiritual God August 2025 However, the trademark was not fully registered until he showed that he actually used them commercially. Berry has three years to accept, otherwise his application will be deemed a waiver, and Neuralink’s application will be given priority.
Berry has not yet sold or commercialized a product called telepathy or mental movement, but in his trademark application it will be both “software that analyzes EEG analysis to decode internal conversations to control computers or mobile devices.” EEG or EEG data refers to the electrical activity of the brain recorded through electrodes worn on the scalp.
The Trademark Office’s letter to Neuralink is not the final decision. Neuralink submitted a response letter on August 28 about the existing telepathic lab trademark, saying Neuralink’s telepathic products are unlikely to be confused with telepathic labs. Neuralink has no solution to Berry’s application in its reaction.
“The criterion of the possibility of confusion is if a random consumer encounters both products, would they think they are from the same company?” said Heather Antoine, an intellectual property partner at Stoel Rives in Sacramento.
The Trademark Office will consider Neuralink’s reaction and ultimately decide whether there is a possibility of confusion. However, there is still the fact that Berry first applied to register for telepathic and telepathic markers. If Berry successfully registers these trademarks, Neuralink will have some options. It could try to buy trademarks from berries or negotiate an agreement, and Berry could agree to allow Neuralink to use these trademarks as well. These types of agreements are usually reached when trademarks are unlikely to cause confusion in consumers.
If Berry successfully signs up for telepathy, he may sue Neuralink if the company continues to use it.
Josh Gerben, a trademark attorney for Gerben IP in Washington, D.C. and founder of Gerben IP, said it was difficult to know how things would get rid of because there are many nuances in trademark claims. “But for now, for the moment, the advantage will be brought to other applicants,” he said. “In terms of these trademarks, he may turn into a considerable thorn on the side of the nerve chemotactic.”
