The US Patent and Trademark Office denies OpenAI's attempt to trademark "GPT", ruling that the term is "merely descriptive" (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

The US Patent and Trademark Office denies OpenAI's attempt to trademark “GPT”, ruling that the term is “merely descriptive”  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied OpenAI's attempt to trademark “GPT,” ruling that the term is “merely descriptive” and therefore unable to be registered.

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