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Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Oct. 28, 2024

OpenAI defends trademark use injunction against rival at circuit hearing

Open Artificial Intelligence says it applied for a trademark first and is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a preliminary injunction that keeps it from operating, while OpenAI continues in business.

OpenAI Inc., the company behind ChatGPT and the revolution in generative artificial intelligence, on Friday defended a preliminary injunction it got from a federal judge in Oakland over claims of infringement against an entrepreneur who said he applied for the trademark first.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel considered arguments from OpenAI and its rival, Open Artificial Intelligence Inc., which featured the smaller company's attorney quoting artificial intelligence ...

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