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ChatGPT is a household name. And OpenAi is actually not, people outside tech don't necessarily know it.
by kzrdude 3mo ago
ChatGPT is a household name. And OpenAi is actually not, people outside tech don't necessarily know it.
- joshuat 3mo agoBut people actively searching for AI products who are perhaps a little less technically inclined might. And if they stumble upon a platform that by all accounts seems to be affiliated with OpenAI, that could be problematic, especially with the level of trust people seem to be comfortable handing to LLMs.
- ginko 3mo agoIf I search for "Open AI" on google right now the first search results are openai.com, chatgpt.com and the OpenAI wikipedia page. None of which are open AI.
- wongarsu 3mo agoBut that's on OpenAI for selecting that company name. EU trademark law hasn't changed, this was always going to be a problematic trademark if challenged They still have the trademark on their logo
- advisedwang 3mo agoBeing well known is not part of determining if a trademark is valid
- ssl-3 3mo agoIt is, though: https://guidelines.euipo.europa.eu/2319054/2227105/trade-mark-guidelines/4-2-4-1-well-known-marks https://guidelines.euipo.europa.eu/2319054/2227105/trade-mar...
- advisedwang 3mo agoThat appears to be saying you cannot make a trademark of something that is well known to be used by someone else, which is very different from needing the new trademark you are trying to register to be well known.