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OpenAI keeps injunction in trademark row with Open Artificial Intelligence

By Melissa Ritti ( November 14, 2024, 14:21 GMT | Insight) -- A divided US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a preliminary injunction against Open Artificial intelligence and its owner, Guy Ravine, rejecting their challenge to preliminary findings by a California judge that the “OpenAI” trademark is valid and protectable. A dissent cast doubt at that holding, questioning whether the release in September 2022 of the text-to-image generator DALL·E 2 made “OpenAI” a “household name,” as well as the district court’s handling of two errors in her preliminary injunction order.An infringement dispute between OpenAI and Guy Ravine’s Open Artificial Intelligence over “OpenAI” as a trademark will proceed with a preliminary injunction in place....

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