ChaCha Search Inc., the operator of a question-and-answer website, sued HTC Corp. for trademark infringement over the planned introduction of a smartphone called the ChaCha.
ChaCha, based in Carmel, Indiana, seeks a preliminary injunction that would prevent HTC from using the name or trademark, according to a filing in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis on Feb. 22.
HTC, based in Taoyuan, Taiwan, announced this month it plans to release the HTC ChaCha phone in Europe and Asia during the second quarter and in the U.S. later this year, according to the complaint.
“HTC’s use of the entirety of the ChaCha mark in connection with the infringing phone is likely to cause consumers to mistakenly believe that there is an affiliation between ChaCha and the infringing phone,” ChaCha said in its complaint.
ChaCha, which registered its U.S. trademark in 2007, said it contacted HTC by letter about its concerns and the Taiwanese company “has yet to substantively respond.”
“HTC does not comment on open litigation,” Jessa Moon, a spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
The case is ChaCha Search Inc. v. HTC America Corp. 11- 0262, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana (Indianapolis).
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