Judge Limits Court Role in AI Firm’s ‘Groq’ Trademark Battle (1)

A federal judge ruled it can’t direct the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel a trademark application at the heart of two firms’ dispute over the business name “Groq.”

The language in federal trademark law limits the court’s authority to adjudicate registered trademarks and not pending applications, Judge Mary K. Vyskocil wrote in the Thursday opinion granting Groq Inc.'s motion to dismiss Groq Health Inc.'s counterclaims.

Groq, a Silicon Valley AI company, sued Groq Health, a Manhattan health tech firm, in September 2023 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the defendants infringed ...