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Technology,
Intellectual Property

Sep. 27, 2024

OpenAI's competitor must try again to use similar name

A federal judge in Oakland enjoined Open Artificial Intelligence, stylized as Open AI, from using the company name in commerce, ruling in February that a space between the words did not clear up marketplace confusion.

OpenAI's competitor must try again to use similar name
Robert P. Feldman, courtesy of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart& Sullivan LLP

A federal judge in Oakland handed OpenAI Inc. a win in its trademark infringement and false advertising dispute with an almost identically named company as the court held that "personal squabbles" between the ChatGPT developer and Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. extraneously fueled the litigation. 

Represented by Waymaker LLP, Open Artificial Intelligence and its founder, Guy Ravine, "spill much proverbial ink pontificating about their view on artificial intellige...

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