Clubhouse is being sued for trademark infringement by a sports networking site. Experts are divided on whether the case will succeed.

Clubhouse launched in 2020. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Clubhouse has been sued for trademark infringement by an Arizona company running “TheClubhouse.”

Alpha Exploration Co., which launched Clubhouse, hasn’t trademarked the name, experts said.

The complaint sought to bar Alpha Exploration Co. from using the name for its app.

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A trademark lawsuit filed against audio-chat app Clubhouse raised questions about whether the company sought to protect its name via a US trademark.

“It is interesting that Clubhouse, a company valued at $4 billion, has no registered trademark and appears not to have even applied for registration in the US,” said Christine Haight Farley, a professor at American University

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