Once again? OpenAI has yet to register the ‘GPT’ trademark in the US

OpenAI’s “GPT” trademark has been denied registration once again by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The official claims the term is too general to belong to the company.

In its decision published on February 6, the USPTO noted that the term “GPT” has become known as a general software category, not just OpenAI products.

Since the emergence of ChatGPT, many other similar chatbots or its derivatives have adopted the term “GPT” to describe themselves as chatbots with artificial intelligence (AI), even if they do not have any commercial relationship with OpenAI.

There are companies, products and services named “GPT”, such as GPTZero, the developer of the AI ​​detector.

OpenAI, on the other hand, claims that “GPT” is not a descriptive term and should not be used to describe products.

Most of the company’s products are named with the “GPT” suffix. Language models (LLMs) are called GPT-3.5 or GPT-4.0, there is ChatGPT, and custom bots produced on the company’s platform are called “GPT”.

However, there are also products with alternative names, such as text-based video creator Sora.

Not the first failed attempt

According to GizmodoThis isn’t the first time OpenAI’s “GPT” trademark has been denied registration by the USPTO. The first attempt took place in May 2023.

Now Sam Altman’s company can appeal the decision and try to register the term once again.

If the company’s trademark registration is approved in the United States, other companies associated with the term “GPT” may need to rethink their own names. However, for now, this term cannot be claimed by OpenAI.