OpenAI Wins Trademark Injunction Against ‘open.ai’ Domain Owner

Artificial intelligence company OpenAI Inc. secured an injunction barring a man and his company from using the “Open AI” trademark it applied to register the day after OpenAI’s launch announcement nearly a decade ago.

Guy Ravine applied for the trademark in December 2015, but evidence doesn’t indicate the mark was used in commerce before OpenAI used its nearly-identical mark, the US District Court for the Northern District of California said. An injunction against Ravine and his company Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. is appropriate because of OpenAI’s likelihood of proving it has priority and would experience irreparable harm without one, the ...