OpenAI has filed a trademark application for o1, its latest AI model, to protect its intellectual property.
OpenAI on Tuesday filed documents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to register the trademark “OpenAI o1.” Interestingly, the document reveals that OpenAI had filed a foreign trademark application in Jamaica in May, months before o1 was announced.
The USPTO has not yet granted a trademark to OpenAI. According to the agency's online database, the application is currently awaiting assignment to an examiner.
OpenAI said it intends to expand o1, its first “inference” model, into a series of models trained to perform complex tasks. Unlike most models, inference models effectively fact-check by spending more time considering questions and queries, helping you avoid common AI pitfalls.
OpenAI has so far applied for approximately 30 trademark registrations, including “ChatGPT,” “Sora,” “GPT-4o,” and “DALL-E,” but in February, the USPTO issued the following ruling. After that, it is famous that they failed to register the trademark “GPT''. This term was too general. GPT, which stands for “Generative Pre-trained Transformer,” was being used in other contexts and by other companies at the time OpenAI submitted its request, the bureau noted.
OpenAI does not yet actively claim trademarks, except for trademarks. For months, the company has been in a battle with technologist and entrepreneur Guy Lavigne over the rights to use what it calls “open AI.” Lavigne claims he pitched it as part of an “open source” AI vision around 2015, the year OpenAI was founded.
Earlier this fall, the Federal Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction in OpenAI's favor, ruling that OpenAI was likely to prevail against Ravine.