Judge Rules in Favor of OpenAI in Trademark Lawsuit Against Doppelganger Company

A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of ChatGPT creator OpenAI in a dispute between it and a similarly named tech firm in a trademark fight over the company’s name.

In a 19-page order, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers granted summary judgment to OpenAI, saying that a lesser known tech firm originally built for open-source AI education infringed on the tech leaders’ trademark by offering chatbot and image generator tools, possibly looking to coast off the name recognition of the better known company.

The Barack Obama appointee said that Guy Ravine, founder of Open Artificial Intelligence, “copied” OpenAI’s trademark.

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