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Intellectual Property

Feb. 10, 2025

Court allows company claims to proceed in OpenAI v Ravine

A judge dismissed personal trademark claims against OpenAI's CEO and president but allowed the lawsuit against the company to move forward in a dispute with tech entrepreneur Guy Ravine over AI naming rights.

Court allows company claims to proceed in OpenAI v Ravine
Margaret Caruso, one of the lead defense attorneys and a Silicon Valley partner for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

A federal judge in Oakland dismissed individual trademark infringement counterclaims against OpenAI Inc. CEO Samuel Altman and President Gregory Brockman but allowed trademark infringement counterclaims against the company itself to proceed in the dispute with tech entrepreneur Guy Ravine.

OpenAI, the generative artificial intelligence company behind chatbot ChatGPT worth $157 billion as of October 2024, initiated the litigation in August 2023. It accused Ravine of filing a fraudu...

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