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Unlike copyright, trademarks are used to protect consumers from misleading products that pretend to be the real thing.
by zvolsky 3y ago
Unlike copyright, trademarks are used to protect consumers from misleading products that pretend to be the real thing.
- matemp 3y agohttps://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=763049f7-7ef8-4a68-bdb1-2e4fa194b7ad https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=763049f7-7ef8...
- hgsgm 3y agoIn this case the trademark is to mislead consumers into thinking that Altman AI's GPT is the only one of its kind.
- matemp 3y agohttps://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=763049f7-7ef8-4a68-bdb1-2e4fa194b7ad https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=763049f7-7ef8...
- verdverm 3y agoAgreed, GPT has become too common for a trademark to be approved. It can even be revoked for becoming too common of a word for something, like "escalator" had happen many years ago. https://www.bentley.edu/news/popular-brands-had-their-trademarks-revoked-law https://www.bentley.edu/news/popular-brands-had-their-tradem...
- zvolsky 3y agoPerhaps ChatGPT wasn't the best name for a product and OpenAI would have gone with something more trademarkable if they knew it would become such a hit. Still, my comment above is a simple application of Hanlon's razor.
- wongarsu 3y agoChatGPT is fine as a name, it's pretty distinct. But GPT2, GPT3, GPT4 is OpenAI using the term GPT as if they are the only ones making them. And apart from EleutherAI nobody really challenged that naming conventions so far.
- zamnos 3y agoIt should probably be noted that OpenAI is also seeking to trademark ChatGPT. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97733261&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97733261&caseType=SERIAL_... (Interestingly enough there's a Chinese ecig/vape company that also looking to trademark ChatGPT.)
- dhruval 3y agoNot a lawyer but as a consumer I find the name “Open AI” for a proprietary/ for profit company very misleading. Are there any legal protections available to me in this regard?
- educaysean 3y agoI have the same issue with the clothing brand Free People.