By Jonathan Stempel- Google has been sued by Autodesk for allegedly ‍infringing its "Flow" trademark to market competing AI-enabled software used to make movies, TV ⁠shows and video games. In a complaint filed on Friday in San Francisco federal court, Autodesk said it began using Flow in September 2022 for visual effects, ‌production management ‌and other products, and was surprised when Google launched Flow software in May 2025 aimed ‌at the same customers. Autodesk said Google assured it would not commercialize Flow, yet applied that month to trademark the term in the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, where applications are not generally available to the public. The complaint said Google used the Tonga application to seek similar trademark protection for Flow in ‌the U.S., ‍and has marketed Flow at industry events including ‍the Sundance Film Festival. "Despite the success of Autodesk's Flow products, the much larger Google will likely overwhelm the Autodesk Flow products and Flow marks.

Source: Economic Times February 10, 2026 12:45 UTC