Boston Dynamics Files Trademark Applications for "Humanoid Robots With Artificial Intelligence" and "Surveillance Robots"

Want a surveillance robot? A robot for "entertainment"? A "humanoid robot with artificial intelligence"? You may be able to purchase one named Spot, Handle, or Atlas from Boston-based Boston Dynamics soon, if recent federal trademark applications are any indication.

On November 7, Boston Dynamics, Inc. filed federal trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for:

• SPOT
• HANDLE
• ATLAS

The trademark application for SPOT covers:

• Industrial robots for use in distribution and logistics applications (Class 7); and
• Surveillance robots; robots for use in security, safety and inspection applications; robots for entertainment (Class 9).

According to the application, the SPOT trademark is already in use (i.e., Boston Dynamics is using it in conjunction with the sale of the goods listed in the application). The photograph above is an excerpt from the specimen of use filed with the SPOT application.

The application for HANDLE covers "[i]ndustrial robots for use in manufacturing, assembly and distribution applications; robots for loading and unloading pallets; industrial robots for use in logistics applications" in Class 7 while the application for ATLAS covers "[h]umanoid robots with artificial intelligence[.]" Those two trademarks are not yet in use, according to the applications, though the filing basis indicates Boston Dynamics has a bona fide intention to use those trademarks in the near future.

The robotics company also filed an application for its name, BOSTON DYNAMICS, on the same day, which covers all the goods listed above, in addition to "[d]esign and development of robots; robotic engineering services" in Class 42.

According to my quick search, these are the first federal trademark applications filed by Boston Dynamics, Inc.