# Belagavi IT firm warns govt of email misrouting due to Anthropic brand confusion 2026-08-11T01:41:21+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Anthropic Software, a Belagavi-based IT firm founded in 2017, has urged the Karnataka and Union governments to pause formal engagements with U.S.-based AI company Anthropic PBC until a trademark dispute over the 'Anthropic' brand is resolved. The company says the similarity in names and domains, anthropic.in versus anthropic.com, has led to over 700 misrouted emails in four months, some from police, judiciary, and other sensitive government departments. Founder Mohammad Ayyaz Mulla told The Hindu the misdirected communications pose data-security risks, and that his firm has built an automated system to track and reroute such emails. Anthropic Software has also complained to U.S. regulators, including the SEC and FTC, as well as Indian agencies like MeitY and CERT-In, flagging risks linked to the U.S. company's planned public offering. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: Anthropic, Belagavi, data security, email misrouting, government, trademark dispute Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/belagavi-it-firm-warns-govt-of-email-misrouting-due-to-anthropic-brand-confusion/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/belagavi-it-firm-warns-govt-of-email-misrouting-due-to-anthropic-brand-confusion/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.