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Give me a break. Apple doesn't sell apples.

by slibhb 3mo ago

n6242 3mo ago
Exactly. Apple can register Apple because they don't sell apples so it's not misleading. OpenAI can't register OpenAI because they make ai but it's not open. They could call themselves Peaches, OpenWombat or ClosedAI and there wouldn't be any issues because those wouldn't be misleading.
- slibhb 3mo ago
  No, the opinion doesn't have to do with whether OpenAI is open.
- Legend2440 3mo ago
  >OpenAI can't register OpenAI because they make ai but it's not open. Not the issue. Per the ruling even if their AI was open they still couldn't have the trademark.
- sebastiennight 3mo ago
  > OpenAI can't register OpenAI because they make ai but it's not open That's not the reason they can't. They can't register the trademark because it's a descriptive one. If I try to trademark "hacker forum", an EU trademark officer will reject it not because my website doesn't have hackers on it, but because it's descriptive and prevents others from starting hacker forums. So > They could call themselves... ClosedAI is also incorrect, because it's descriptive as well.
- helsinkiandrew 3mo ago
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- burntalmonds 3mo ago
  Open could mean open to integration (API), or opens your mind, or opens possibilities.
lokar 3mo ago
Do they have a trademark on the word apple with no other context? I thought it was Apple computer, which is distinct.
- VorpalWay 3mo ago
  Apple is also a record label (that existed before the computer company), specifically one owned by the Beatles. There were even some legal battles between them, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer Apparently it ended with Apple Computers buying the trademark from Apple (record company) and then licencing it back (weird but ok).
  - kps 3mo ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi
freejazz 3mo ago
It's like you are starting to get it.
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Give me a break. Apple doesn't sell apples.

by slibhb 3mo ago

Give me a break. Apple doesn't sell apples.

n6242 3mo ago

Exactly. Apple can register Apple because they don't sell apples so it's not misleading. OpenAI can't register OpenAI because they make ai but it's not open. They could call themselves Peaches, OpenWombat or ClosedAI and there wouldn't be any issues because those wouldn't be misleading.

slibhb 3mo ago
No, the opinion doesn't have to do with whether OpenAI is open.
Legend2440 3mo ago
>OpenAI can't register OpenAI because they make ai but it's not open. Not the issue. Per the ruling even if their AI was open they still couldn't have the trademark.
sebastiennight 3mo ago
> OpenAI can't register OpenAI because they make ai but it's not open That's not the reason they can't. They can't register the trademark because it's a descriptive one. If I try to trademark "hacker forum", an EU trademark officer will reject it not because my website doesn't have hackers on it, but because it's descriptive and prevents others from starting hacker forums. So > They could call themselves... ClosedAI is also incorrect, because it's descriptive as well.
helsinkiandrew 3mo ago
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burntalmonds 3mo ago
Open could mean open to integration (API), or opens your mind, or opens possibilities.

lokar 3mo ago

Do they have a trademark on the word apple with no other context? I thought it was Apple computer, which is distinct.

VorpalWay 3mo ago
Apple is also a record label (that existed before the computer company), specifically one owned by the Beatles. There were even some legal battles between them, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer Apparently it ended with Apple Computers buying the trademark from Apple (record company) and then licencing it back (weird but ok).
- kps 3mo ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi

freejazz 3mo ago

It's like you are starting to get it.

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