NYU files opposition against NYCU’s trademark application
NYU files opposition against NYCU’s trademark application
2025-06-26
Taiwan’s National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao-Tung University merged in 2021 to form the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, abbreviated as NYCU. In the same year, the university applied to trademark "NYCU" in the US, as an attempt to, quote "gain worldwide recognition" and to "become an internationally recognized university." In 2023, New York University, or NYU filed a motion to oppose the NYCU trademark, claiming that it creates confusion. The US Patent and Trademark Office is yet to make a decision for the case. Meanwhile, let’s hear what students at NYCU have to say.
International Student
NYCU
I don’t see it. There’s a whole different letter. At least among my friend group no one would get the two confused.
Student
NYCU
They’re so different. Many proper nouns easily resemble each other. So you need to look at the full name. The abbreviation only comes after the full name, in brackets.
Voice of Wu Shang-kun
Lawyer unrelated to case
Next, the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board will review the case based on the evidence and claims submitted by both parties. The result could be to reject New York University’s objection, to limit the scope of use for “NYCU” by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, or both parties could reach a consensus on this part.
NYU’s reasoning is that "NYC" in NYCU invokes "New York City" and therefore dilutes the NYU brand by blurring the distinction between NY, which stands for New York and NYC, an informal but commonly used abbreviation. NYCU submitted a defendant’s testimony in January, in which the president, Dr. Lin Chi-hung penned a 29-point witness’s statement on the university’s history and origin of the NYCU name, which had been approved by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education. He added that NYCU "[does] not offer any university classes in the United States" and therefore, "there is no realistic way [they] could imagine confusion between the two universities."
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陽明交通大學NYCU商標闖美 紐約大學:縮寫雷同提異議
2025-06-26
陽明大學與交通大學，在2021年合校後，校方將名稱縮寫訂為"NYCU"，為了國際品牌與校譽，在同年申請美國商標，沒想到，2023年紐約大學NYU提出異議，認為兩校名字容易被混淆，目前還得等美國商標審理與上訴委員會，做最後決議。
[[陽明交通大學 外籍生]]
“我覺得不像耶，差一個字母，至少我們跟我們的朋友講都沒有人誤會”
[[陽明交通大學 學生]]
“差很多，很多專有名詞都很容易撞名，那你應該看的是全名，全名後面才要括號寫縮名”
[[聲源:律師 吳尚昆]]
“接下來美國商標審判上訴委員會，他就會依照兩邊所提交的證據，跟主張進行審理。結果包括有可能是，駁回紐約大學的異議，或者是限縮陽明交大使用範圍，或者是雙方也可以就這個部分，達成一個共識”
紐約大學認為只有一個字母不同，會讓大眾誤會有關聯，甚至混淆。不過，校長林奇宏，親自列出29點聲明書說明，介紹學校歷史名稱由來，並表示名稱已經獲得台灣教育部認可，強調陽明交大目前在美國沒有校區、更別說授課，不覺得會混淆。
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