OpenAI loses trademark dispute at EU court | dpa international

https://dpa-international.com/economics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:260715-930-389143/

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XLE@piefed.social · 60 pts · 20d (2 replies)

Lol you can say "OpenAI" without infringing on Sam Altman's properties

OpenAI had argued that the word "open" has multiple possible meanings

Including "not open," based on their behavior.

TingoTenga@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 20d (1 reply)

Depends on the jurisdiction. Trademark rights are territorial.

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 19d

Yeah but them not being able to protect their name in the EU is huge.

Sims@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 20d

Nice !

lung@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 20d (1 reply)

Well that's stupid. It's a huge brand, a combo of words, and I'm sure there are many other companies that are like OpenRouter or whatever. Seems just petty to not grant the trademark

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 19d

It's a huge brand

Yes, we should have gone the apple route of suing fruit shops out of business. First time I'm hearing somebody on lemmy advocate that big companies are more equal than others, wtf?