Whose Tesla Is It Anyway?

There are numerous issues that Tesla is related to. A person-child whose radio appearances may cause the inventory worth to plummet. Massive vehicle callbacks. Hey, they’ve even been topic to a hostile workplace suit. Or two. Or three. Factor is, all of this stuff are honest sport to affiliate with Tesla as a result of they stem from the corporate. Now,  as a lot as “Tesla Energy” might sound like a slogan Elon Musk got here up with after 15 hours of intense deliberation, it isn’t. That’s the premise for a lawsuit that was not too long ago filed in New Delhi. From Reuters:

Elon Musk’s carmaker Tesla has sued an Indian battery maker for infringing its trademark by utilizing the model title “Tesla Energy” to advertise its merchandise, searching for damages and a everlasting injunction in opposition to the corporate from a New Delhi choose.

Tesla in a listening to on the Delhi Excessive Court docket this week stated the Indian firm had continued promoting its merchandise with the “Tesla Energy” model regardless of a cease-and-desist discover despatched in April 2022, in line with particulars of the proceedings posted on the court docket web site on Friday.

Tesla Energy doesn’t appear to be an enormous risk to Tesla correct. They’re primarily targeted on making lead acid batteries and, for what it’s price, have been competing in India years earlier than Musk’s Tesla entered the market. Whereas I have no idea the intricacies of Indian trademark legislation, I’d think about that additionally they have some fairly sturdy “First Come, First Served” sentiments in relation to naming and promoting your merchandise.

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