OpenAI Drops Appeal of ‘Cameo’ Trademark Ban After Sora Shutdown

OpenAI Inc. is abandoning its Ninth Circuit bid to reverse an order barring the use of “Cameo” for features in its Sora video generator while its trademark fight with the personalized video platform Cameo proceeds.

The artificial intelligence giant said its dropping the challenge because it shuttered Sora in March, just six months after launching the service, according to a motion to voluntary dismiss filed Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

• Cameo, whose corporate name is Baron App Inc., sued OpenAI in October in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing ...