iPhone is a bit different. Rather than just being the object name, they incorporated said object name into their naming style. OpenAI were trying to trademark GPT - the literal name of the technology they were using.
Comment on OpenAI's GPT Trademark Request Has Been Denied
TheEntity@kbin.social 4 months agoSo... iPhone?
520@kbin.social 4 months ago
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Like trying to trademark “CellPhone”!
brianorca@lemmy.world 4 months ago
iPhone is like ChatGPT. But trying to trademark GPT would be like trademarking “Phone”