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Intellectual Property

Nov. 17, 2025

OpenAI faces restraining order over 'cameo' feature, judge says

A San Jose federal judge said she is likely to issue a temporary restraining order barring OpenAI from using the word "Cameo" in its new Sora app, after Baron App argued the feature infringes and dilutes its trademark.

OpenAI faces restraining order over 'cameo' feature, judge says
U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee

A San Jose federal judge said Friday she was "inclined" to grant a temporary restraining order that would block OpenAI Inc. from using the word "cameo" in its new Sora app during a Friday hearing.

U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee said that at the outset of the hearing, and her mind did not appear to be changed by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Margret M. Caruso -- OpenAI's attorney - by its conclusion.

"I'm likely to issue t...

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