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The GPT term clearly has prior art. As this doesnt use an OpenAI service, OpenAI has no leverage (e.g. terminating service).
by bkm 3y ago
The GPT term clearly has prior art. As this doesnt use an OpenAI service, OpenAI has no leverage (e.g. terminating service).
- amelius 3y agoBeing right is one thing. Having enough money to pay a lawyer for how long it takes is another thing.
- linsomniac 3y agoI like to remind my kids that being right doesn't mean you won't go bankrupt in court proving it.
- Breza 3y agoI wonder if someone like Google will try to restrain OpenAI's claims.
- orlp 3y ago> OpenAI has no leverage (e.g. terminating service). Uhh... the United States Justice system? Prior art is morally nice but ultimately meaningless unless a judge agrees with you, which can cost a lot of money before you get there, if you get there.
- verdverm 3y agoOpenAI has to get a trademark first, they do not own the rights to GPT right now
- sharemywin 3y agohttps://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:ho5nna.2.5 https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:ho... Dec 2022
- ToValueFunfetti 3y agoThey applied in December but it has not gone through yet and may not resolve in either direction until September.
- sharemywin 3y agoIt says Active. What does that mean?
- ToValueFunfetti 3y agoYour link doesn't go through for me, but this page[1] says >LIVE/APPLICATION/Under Examination >The trademark application has been accepted by the Office (has met the minimum filing requirements) and that this application has been assigned to an examiner. Which, apart from some grammatical confusion, is pretty clear. It looks like they have GPT-3, but GPT, ChatGPT, and GPT-4 are all still pending. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97733259&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97733259&caseType=SERIAL_...
- matemp 3y ago"ChatGPT" is a distinctive brand name for OpenAI's particular chatbot system that is based on GPT technology. However, "GPT" itself is a type of technology (albeit one that was invented by OpenAI). It involves much more than just ChatGPT...even if we just look at OpenAI's own other offerings (e.g. GPT-1, GPT-2, Dall-E, etc.). The "GP" (generative pretraining) has been a concept in machine learning for many years. The "T" (transformer architecture) was invented in 2017. Thus, the issue for the USPTO will be whether or not combining the "GP" with the "T" is too descriptive or even inherently generic to be "distinctive" to OpenAI. Sometimes, general terms can become trademarks, by becoming "distinctive" to one company. Microsoft was able to do it with "Windows" (in the field of software, of course). And "booking.com" was able to trademark the word "booking" (for reservation services) in certain contexts. The issue will be whether OpenAI can successfully make the case that they've achieved something similar for the term "GPT" itself. I really remain doubtful of that, given the term's frequent usage as being a type of LLM and a general framework for generative AI. All that said, I suppose we'll all know for sure soon enough...when the USPTO decides.
- brianjking 3y agoOpenAI is filing c&d to all products using GPT in their name and filed a trademark for it.