Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], February 19 (ANI): A software startup based out of Karnatka which is named Anthropic Software Private ltd has filed a complaint in a Belagavi Court, accutilizing the San Francisco-based AI giant of utilizing the same brand name as that of their firm.
According to the Karnata baed company it was founded in 2017. Anthropic AI San Francisco is a premier AI safety and research company founded in 2021.
Speaking to ANI, Anthropic Software Founder & Director, Mohammad Ayyaz Mulla, claimed, “We utilize ourselves as an Anthropic as a brand. So our mark is Anthropic, which we are utilizing across our social media handles and Play Store account. We are generally known, within our customer circle and beyond, as an Anthropic, searchable everywhere, and that is since 2017. We are a Startup Karnataka, Startup India registered company. We have three patents on our name. I am a software engineer with 20 years plus experience. I worked in domains like cybersecurity expert, telecom, high-performance computing. I worked with companies like Intel, QLogic, Bell Labs, Alcatel, Symantec. I was there also in the US for a while in New Jersey, California, Philadelphia. So I have a good experience of industrial background.”
Ayaz Mulla claims that since the Karnataka based company utilizes Anthropic as a brand name there is a confusion started in searchability, in visibility.
“They have taken over the internet, that is becautilize they are more popular. But then we are utilizing the mark, but we are utilizing it from 2017. We are 2017 registered and we also have 4,400 educational institutions on our kitty, lakhs of students are utilizing. In fact, now we are going for a million utilizers for a scholarship program,” Mulla stated.
“This increased more when they announced their Indian enattempt, which happened in December 2025. And they are having an office now in Bangalore. Considering that, we questioned the court to let them come; there is no problem, but we want our brand to be there with us. We don’t want them to utilize ‘Anthropic’ as a brand to promote their products,” Mulla added.
Anthropic USA opened a Bengaluru office on February 16 announcing partnerships across enterprise, education, and agriculture that deepen our commitment to India across a range of sectors. They are yet to comment on the complaint filed by the Karnataka based startup. (ANI)
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