German roots of 'Uber' help Australian company fend off trademark challenge

By James Panichi ( May 9, 2025, 07:32 GMT | Insight) -- Uber Technologies has failed in its attempt to scupper a trademark registration by an Australian educational-tutoring company called “Uber Tutors,” which has now been cleared to finalize its application to register the name. A ruling by Australia’s Registrar of Trademarks accepted that Uber Tutors had chosen the name because of its German meaning of “over, beyond and above” and that the ridesharing and food-delivery giant had failed to establish “any grounds of opposition.”Uber Technologies has failed in its attempt to scupper a trademark registration by an Australian educational-tutoring company called “Uber Tutors,” which has now been cleared to finalize its application to register the name....

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