Trademark

OpenAI can’t register ‘GPT’ as a trademark — yet

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The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has denied OpenAI’s application to register the word GPT, which means generative pre-trained transformer, saying GPT is too general a term to register and can prevent competitors from correctly describing their products as a GPT. OpenAI argued in its application that GPT is not a descriptive word — … Read more

Sick of It All Sue Mobb Deep and Supreme for Trademark Infringement

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The estate of late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy, surviving member Havoc, and the streetwear brand Supreme have been sued in New York District Court for trademark infringement and unfair competition, Billboard reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. A complaint filed by plaintiff Bush Baby Zamagate—the label that owns the intellectual property of the New … Read more

Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Actually Bizarre Trademark Battle | WIRED

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Over the previous few years, Apple has pursued a meal-prepping app with a pear emblem, a singer-songwriter named Frankie Pineapple, a German biking route, a pair of stationery makers, and a faculty district, amongst others. The corporate fought a decades-long battle with the Beatles’ music label, Apple Corps, which was lastly resolved in 2007. An … Read more