OpenAI is sued by Open AI due to a dispute over the name and AI ideas.
According to Bloomberg, the case began in August last year and quickly attracted attention because it involves OpenAI - the famous company that developed ChatGPT, which was invested $13 billion by Microsoft.
The plaintiff in the case is OpenAI Inc., founded by Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in December 2015. Their legal opponent, Open Artificial Intelligence Inc. (Open AI), belongs to Guy Ravine, a technology engineer in Silicon Valley. Ravine has owned the domain name open.ai since 2015, before OpenAI was founded.
According to the lawsuit, Ravine also quickly registered the trademark "Open AI" right after Altman and Brockman announced the OpenAI project.
The founder of Open AI claims he had planned to develop general artificial intelligence (AGI) earlier and accused Altman and Brockman of stealing his idea.
He stated that he had planned to raise $100 million to develop general artificial intelligence (AGI) and had contacted many major technology leaders such as Larry Page (Google) and Patrick Collison (Stripe) to present the project.
Meanwhile, OpenAI's lawyers accused Ravine of only trying to take advantage of OpenAI's reputation for personal gain. They asked the court to prevent him from using the name "Open AI" as they are concerned it will confuse users. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a preliminary order requiring Ravine to stop using the name "Open AI" until the lawsuit is resolved.
However, in April, Ravine filed a 100-page countersuit, accusing OpenAI of stealing his idea and demanding the company change its name to "ClosedAI" to better reflect its current way of operating.
This lawsuit is not only a trademark dispute but also reflects the battle over intellectual property rights and the vision for the future of AI.
