🔶 Abnormal.ai 回应 Anthropic 诉讼：否认商标侵权与不正当竞争

Anthropic 于 7 月 1 日起诉我们，指控不正当竞争和商标侵权。这令人惊讶和失望，原因如下：

• 他们从未告知我们： 我们是 Anthropic 的一个非常大的客户，但他们至今仍未告知我们这起诉讼。我是从记者那里得知的，而不是从我们的“合作伙伴”处。
• 他们并不拥有商标： 他们声称我们的“/\\”标志与其“A\”标志存在混淆性近似，但他们并没有一个注册商标，可以让他们在网络安全领域对每个与 AI 相关的 A/ 设计形成垄断。
• 他们声称我们窃取了他们的品牌： 我们的公司比 Anthropic 早成立 3 年。我们今天使用的标志是 2021 年 4 月设计的，仅比 Anthropic 成立早几个月。
• 他们声称我们欺骗了客户： 没有任何客户是因为认为我们是 Anthropic 才购买产品的。我们的业务建立在信任之上：我们帮助客户阻止欺骗性犯罪（网络钓鱼、欺诈、社会工程）。
• 他们的要求令人震惊： 诉讼要求“退还所有收入、盈利、利润、补偿和福利”。
• 这感觉不像是 Anthropic 的作风： 我们本应都是使命驱动的公司，为全球利益而行动。

对我以及 Abnormal 来说，没有什么比信任、诚信和智力诚实更重要。因此，当出现质疑我们诚信的不实指控时，我们必须作出回应。

我知道这类事情最好私下解决。不幸的是，这起诉讼是在我们不知情的情况下公开提交的。我现在需要公开回应，因为客户、员工和合作伙伴已经开始提出疑问。

对客户而言：一切如常。

要点是：没有安全风险，没有产品变更，您从 Abnormal 获得的保护不会有任何变化。

Abnormal 为超过 25% 的财富 500 强企业、数千万用户以及市、州和联邦级别的政府机构提供保护。打击网络犯罪是一项艰巨的工作；随着 AI 赋能的攻击者出现，这一工作变得更加困难。这起诉讼不应成为您需要额外担忧的事情。

Anthropic 构建通用 AI 语言模型。Abnormal 构建专门的行为 AI 模型，以理解企业行为并阻止网络攻击。这些是为不同任务服务的不同技术。我们并不依赖 Anthropic、Claude 或任何其他第三方 AI 进行自主威胁检测和响应。

Abnormal 不依赖 Claude 为客户提供保护。 我们的自主威胁检测和响应建立在 Abnormal 专有的、面向网络安全的行为 AI 之上。与许多公司一样，我们在内部使用一系列生产力和开发工具，Claude 是其中之一。但这些工具与为客户检测和响应攻击的系统是分开的。

我们的使命是利用 AI 阻止犯罪，保护我们的客户、人员和关键基础设施。这项工作将继续推进。

2021 年 Abnormal 品牌设计截图（来自 ALINE）

我们并未抄袭 Anthropic 的品牌或身份。

我于 2018 年创立了 Abnormal AI，比 Anthropic 的出现早了三年。我注册了域名 abnormal.ai，并将其用于早期客户、员工和投资者。

我们在 2021 年 4 月聘请了 ALINE 设计基于斜线的 Abnormal 品牌标识，此时 Anthropic 刚刚成立数月，Claude 尚未问世。我们官网如今使用的标志，与大约五年来所使用的字标完全一致，像素级相同。

声称 Abnormal 在 2025 年才构建其身份以抄袭 Anthropic 的说法是完全错误的。

2018 年 Abnormal.ai 产品截图

Anthropic 并未拥有涵盖安全领域使用“AI”的商标。

商标旨在防止特定市场中的混淆。商标并非对字母、斜线或“AI”这一概念的普遍垄断。

例如：一家“Acme”面包公司不会自动侵犯一家“Acme” GPU 公司的商标。域名和市场至关重要。公开商标记录显示，Anthropic 并未注册涵盖 Abnormal 所售网络安全产品的商标。

Anthropic 构建通用 AI 模型。Abnormal 构建专业的行为 AI 安全产品。我们认为 Anthropic 并不拥有足以阻止 Abnormal 在网络安全产品上使用自身 A/ 斜线标识的商标权。

我们并未欺骗客户。

这是诉讼中最令我心烦的部分，因为它质疑了我们的诚信。

没有任何客户因以为我们是 Anthropic 而购买 Abnormal 产品。我们的客户是成熟的企业和政府机构。他们清楚地知道我们是谁、销售什么、保护什么，以及我们的技术如何运作。

Anthropic 构建通用 AI 模型和生产力工具。Abnormal 构建全栈网络安全产品，使用专业行为 AI 阻止网络攻击。我们不销售 LLM 访问权限，也不通过冒充 Anthropic 来竞争。

这一切关乎诚信。

Abnormal 的建立靠的是创新，而非抄袭。

我们构建了自己的 AI 模型、自己的技术架构和自己的行为网络安全方法，因为旧的方式正在让客户失望。正因如此，那些指责我们抄袭其他公司、欺骗客户的指控才如此伤人。这与我们的本质背道而驰。

我一直是 Anthropic 的重度用户和倡导者：

• 我个人的 Anthropic 账户今年将消费约 100 万美元（Abnormal 将超过 1000 万美元）。
• Abnormal 已向全体员工推出 Claude，因为我们希望员工学习如何适应 AI 时代工作。
• 我们已发布 100 多个免费视频和资源，旨在教育、激励并帮助其他公司成为 AI 原生企业。

这正是创新者所做的事：他们构建、教学、分享，推动世界前进。

我们不会接受一个虚假的故事。Abnormal 不是依靠抄袭或混淆而建立的。它建立于信任、创新和承诺之上，以确保我们的行为与我们的价值观和阻止犯罪的使命保持一致。

Abnormal 聚焦使命。

Abnormal 将继续专注于我们使用 AI 阻止犯罪的使命。我希望我们的客户、员工和合作伙伴也专注于这一使命。网络安全 AI 时代需要专注与合作，而非分心与对抗。我对 Anthropic 所构建的一切深表敬佩。我希望我们能找到解决这一烦扰问题的方式，让两家公司都能重新专注于各自的使命，为全球利益而行动。

• Evan

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against us on July 1st, claiming unfair competition and trademark infringement. This was surprising and disappointing for a few reasons:

• They never told us: We’re a very large customer of Anthropic and they still have yet to tell us about the lawsuit. I learned about it from a reporter, not our “partner.”

• They do NOT own the trademark : They argue our “/\\” logo is confusingly similar to their “A\” yet they don’t have a registered trademark that gives them a monopoly over every AI -adjacent A/ design in cybersecurity.

• They say we stole their brand: Our company was started 3 years before Anthropic. The logo we use today was designed in April 2021, just months after Anthropic was founded.

• They say we deceived customers: No customer has ever purchased thinking we were Anthropic. Our business is about trust: we help our customers stop deception crimes (phishing, fraud, social engineering).

• Their demands are shocking : The lawsuit asks for “ disgorgement of all revenues, earnings, profits, compensation, and benefits.”

• This doesn't feel Anthropic : We’re both supposed to be mission-oriented companies to act for the global good.

There is nothing more important to me and Abnormal than trust, integrity, and intellectual honesty. So when there are false claims about our integrity, we must respond.

I know that these things are best resolved in private. Unfortunately, this lawsuit was filed publicly without our knowledge. I need to respond publicly now, since customers, employees, and partners have started asking questions.

For customers: nothing changes.

The takeaway is: no security risk, no product change, and no change to the protection you receive from Abnormal.

Abnormal protects more than 25% of the Fortune 500, tens of millions of people, and government organizations at the city, state, and federal level. Fighting cybercrime is a tough job; it's getting harder with AI-empowered attackers. This lawsuit should not be yet another thing to worry about.

Anthropic builds general-purpose AI language models. Abnormal builds specialized behavioral AI models to understand enterprise behavior and stop cyber attacks. These are different technologies for different jobs. We do not rely on Anthropic, Claude, or any other third-party AI for autonomous threat detection and response.

Abnormal does not rely on Claude for customer protection. Our autonomous threat detection and response is built on Abnormal’s own specialized behavioral AI for cybersecurity. Like many companies, we use a range of productivity and development tools internally, and Claude is one of them. But those tools are separate from the systems that detect and respond to attacks for customers.

Our mission is to stop crime with AI, and protect our customers, people and critical infrastructure. And that work continues.

Screenshot of 2021 Abnormal Brand Design from ALINE

We did not copy Anthropic’s brand or identity.

I founded Abnormal AI in 2018, three years before Anthropic existed. I registered the domain abnormal.ai and we used it with early customers, employees, and investors.

We hired ALINE in April 2021 to design our slash-based Abnormal brand identity, just months after Anthropic was founded and before Claude existed. The logo on our website today is the same wordmark, pixel-for-pixel, that we have used for ~5 years.

The claim that Abnormal invented its identity in 2025 to copy Anthropic is simply wrong.

2018 Abnormal.ai Product Screenshot

Anthropic has no trademark covering use of “AI” for security.

Trademarks prevent confusion in specific markets. Trademarks are not universal monopolies over letters, slashes, or the idea of “AI.”

For example: An “Acme” bread company does not automatically infringe an “Acme” GPU company’s trademark. The domain and market matter. Public trademark records show Anthropic does not have a registered trademark covering the cybersecurity products Abnormal sells.

Anthropic builds general-purpose AI models. Abnormal builds specialized behavioral AI security products. We do not believe Anthropic has trademark rights that prevent Abnormal from using its own A/ slash based identity for the cybersecurity products we sell.

We did not deceive customers.

This is the part of the lawsuit that bothers me most, because it questions our integrity.

No customer has bought Abnormal because they thought we were Anthropic. Our customers are sophisticated enterprises and government agencies. They know exactly who we are, what we sell, what we protect, and how our technology works.

Anthropic builds general-purpose AI models and productivity tools. Abnormal builds full-stack cybersecurity products using specialized behavioral AI to stop cyber attacks. We do not sell LLM access, and we do not compete by pretending to be Anthropic.

This is about integrity.

Abnormal was built by inventing, not copying.

We built our own AI models, our own technology architecture, and our own behavioral approach for cybersecurity because the old way was failing customers. That is why the accusation that we copied another company to deceive customers is so personally offensive. It is the opposite of who we are.

I have been a major Anthropic user and advocate:

• My personal Anthropic account will spend ~$1M this year (Abnormal will be >$10M).

• Abnormal has rolled out Claude to 100% of employees because we want our employees to learn how to work in the AI era.

• We’ve published 100+ free videos and resources because we want to educate, inspire, and help other companies become AI-native.

That is what innovators do: they build, teach, share, and push the world forward.

We will not accept a false story. Abnormal was not built by copying or confusion. It was built on trust, innovation, and commitment to ensure that our behaviors are aligned with our values and mission to stop crime.

Abnormal focus on mission.

Abnormal will remain focused on our mission to stop crime with AI. I want our customers and employees and partners to stay focused on that mission. The AI era of cybersecurity requires focus and collaboration not distraction and confrontation. I have deep admiration for what Anthropic has built. My hope is that we find a way to resolve this distracting issue so both companies can regain our focus on our respective missions to act for the global good.

-Evan