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Re:OpenAI has applied for “GPT” trademark with USPTO by jacquesm on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:26PM (#35694074)
No it is exactly the kind of landgrab that shouldn't happen. GPT is a universal term and OpenAI didn't even come up with it. By rights it should be either not held by anybody or by the people that initially made it a well known term within the industry. Because it would be absolutely outrageous if OpenAI ended up in a position to use trademark law against the party that came up with a term.
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Re:OpenAI has applied for “GPT” trademark with USPTO by seizethecheese on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:08PM (#35694470)
Trademark law is not about these moralistic feelings. It’s about distinguishing commercial parties. If I see “GPT” I expect it’s from OpenAI.

Anyone can still use the term just not in offering a commercial product.

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Re:OpenAI has applied for “GPT” trademark with USPTO by anothernewdude on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:38PM (#35694705)
You can expect what you like. It doesn't make it correct or not stupid or the opinion of the public in general.
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Re:OpenAI has applied for “GPT” trademark with USPTO by jacquesm on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:11PM (#35694491)
I see GPT I read 'generative pre-trained transformer' which is a thing that others have built prior to OpenAI.
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Re:OpenAI has applied for “GPT” trademark with USPTO by seizethecheese on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:15PM (#35694530)
You’re in the great minority here. The vast majority of people who see GPT in a commercial product will expect it to be from OpenAI.
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Re:OpenAI has applied for “GPT” trademark with USPTO by anothernewdude on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:39PM (#35694709)
No, that's just their PR. The vast majority of people don't know what OpenAI is, nor care.
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