USPTO suspended xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to "Grok" (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)

Zoë Schiffer / Wired: USPTO suspended xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to “Grok”  —  Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.

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USPTO suspended xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to "Grok" (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)

Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
USPTO suspended xAI's Grok trademark application, saying the name could be confused with companies Groq and Grokstream; startup Bizly claims rights to “Grok”  —  Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.