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Not really, trademarks are industry-specific, and having a registered trademark in another industry where there is no reasonable confusion is not an obstacle.

Not really, trademarks are industry-specific, and having a registered trademark in another industry where there is no reasonable confusion is not an obstacle. For example, "Oracle" is a valid registered trademark for cigars and for archery bow sights and for many, many other things, despite also being a trademark for one of the most litigious firms in the software industry.

galleywest200 4y ago
Are they industry specific? Monster Energy has a history of suing for trademark infringement over the word "Monster" in video game titles. Companies have caved to their requests. Unsure if that was due to validity or lack of willing to pay legal fees. https://news.yahoo.com/monster-energy-tried-pok-mon-224500250.html https://news.yahoo.com/monster-energy-tried-pok-mon-22450025...
- kube-system 4y ago
  Yes, they are definitely industry specific. Which is why both Best Buy and your grocery store can sell Apples. Monster has been involved in esports previously. https://www.monsterenergy.com/gaming https://www.monsterenergy.com/gaming
- ska 4y ago
  Yes, they are. Sometimes the lines become problematic. A famous example is Apple Computer and Apple Corps (the Beatles music holding company) with a long history of arguing about lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
- kalleboo 4y ago
  What is it with companies named Monster and over-reaching trademark lawsuits? I remember the days when Monster Cable sued monster.com, Disney (Monsters, Inc), some tiny mini golf outfit...
kube-system 4y ago
There are some Transformers games, I haven’t looked it up but I wouldn’t be surprised if Hasbro had one for “computer software”.
jameshart 4y ago
They probably have some claim to trademark rights in the fields of robotics and cybernetics.
kkielhofner 4y ago
They are applied for in various bewildering categories so yes, kind of industry specific. I've always found the categories to be pretty bizarre and of course you can apply in multiple categories. The key with trademarks is whether or not use/application of a trademark is "likelihood of confusion"[0]. So yeah, I can call my hardware store GPT and OpenAI can have GPT trademarked because there's no way someone could confuse them as the same thing. That's of course an easy example and if this trademark is issued anything even remotely touching AI/ML using the three letters "GPT" is probably infringing. What's really ridiculous about this is the execs at OpenAI didn't see this coming - I think trademark application for GPT is going to be challenging while simultaneously making them look like jerks. Plus, GPT is a non-sensical acronym to 99% of their market so other than the recognition they've created in calling it that there's no reason for this issue. They would have been much, much better off calling their GPTs and GPT-related products something (anything) that's actually unique and easily trademarked. [0] - https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion

galleywest200 4y ago

Are they industry specific? Monster Energy has a history of suing for trademark infringement over the word "Monster" in video game titles. Companies have caved to their requests. Unsure if that was due to validity or lack of willing to pay legal fees. https://news.yahoo.com/monster-energy-tried-pok-mon-224500250.html https://news.yahoo.com/monster-energy-tried-pok-mon-22450025...

kube-system 4y ago
Yes, they are definitely industry specific. Which is why both Best Buy and your grocery store can sell Apples. Monster has been involved in esports previously. https://www.monsterenergy.com/gaming https://www.monsterenergy.com/gaming
ska 4y ago
Yes, they are. Sometimes the lines become problematic. A famous example is Apple Computer and Apple Corps (the Beatles music holding company) with a long history of arguing about lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
kalleboo 4y ago
What is it with companies named Monster and over-reaching trademark lawsuits? I remember the days when Monster Cable sued monster.com, Disney (Monsters, Inc), some tiny mini golf outfit...

kube-system 4y ago

There are some Transformers games, I haven’t looked it up but I wouldn’t be surprised if Hasbro had one for “computer software”.

jameshart 4y ago

They probably have some claim to trademark rights in the fields of robotics and cybernetics.

kkielhofner 4y ago

They are applied for in various bewildering categories so yes, kind of industry specific. I've always found the categories to be pretty bizarre and of course you can apply in multiple categories. The key with trademarks is whether or not use/application of a trademark is "likelihood of confusion"[0]. So yeah, I can call my hardware store GPT and OpenAI can have GPT trademarked because there's no way someone could confuse them as the same thing. That's of course an easy example and if this trademark is issued anything even remotely touching AI/ML using the three letters "GPT" is probably infringing. What's really ridiculous about this is the execs at OpenAI didn't see this coming - I think trademark application for GPT is going to be challenging while simultaneously making them look like jerks. Plus, GPT is a non-sensical acronym to 99% of their market so other than the recognition they've created in calling it that there's no reason for this issue. They would have been much, much better off calling their GPTs and GPT-related products something (anything) that's actually unique and easily trademarked. [0] - https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion