• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Because there isn’t a trademark conflict, it’s just too generic of a term to get trademarked in the first place, but it took seven months for USPTO to process the application.

    “Tesla applied for the trademark in October 2024 on the same day that it revealed the Cybercab.”

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      OK that sounds like a somewhat weird decision. Considering we Have things like Microsoft “Windows”, and “Exastore” which are both 100% generic words.

      Also “X” is generic, and so is SpaceX and XAI.
      Of all of these it seems both Robotaxi and Cybercap are less generic???

      Still why didn’t they apply for trademark years ago, since Tesla has been planning on this for years?