Previously, in October 2024, Tesla filed a trademark application for the phrases Robotaxi and Cybercab. However, the US Patent and Tradault Office (USPTO) requires the company to provide additional details to be able to review the protection of the word Robotaxi, as this is a term used by many other companies, such as Waymo.
Meanwhile, the registration for Cybercab was completely rejected because too many other units are also trying to register different variants of the word Cyber.
To overcome this situation, Elon Musk's company has submitted 3 new applications with more specific content, using the phrase "Tesla Robotaxi". The goal is to protect the trademark for the self -propelled car service that the company is expected to deploy, including mobile applications and vehicles used in the service.
Tesla is planning to begin testing the robotaxi service in Austin, Texas in the near future. However, the process of approving trademark registrations often takes many months before being assigned to an appraisal specialist, so it is likely that these applications will not be processed in time for testing.
In addition, Tesla still has many trademark registrations pending with phrases such as Robobus, Robus and Cyberbus. These are considered potential names for the future-style car that the company introduced last October at the " Cybercab" prototype launch event. At the event, CEO Elon Musk called the model Robovan.
However, Tesla may have difficulty defending its Robovan name, because the agency, which supplies goods by the Estonia-based delivery company Starship, already owns the trademark. The barriers to intellectual property show that Tesla is facing competition not only in the technology field but also legally when it wants to identify its self-driving products.
