EU Court: OPENAI cannot be registered as EU trademark for AI services (heise.de)

• EU General Court upholds EUIPO refusal of OPENAI trademark for AI goods/services.
• OPENAI considered descriptive for 'freely accessible artificial intelligence'.
• OpenAI may appeal to ECJ or seek registration through acquired distinctiveness.

"The General Court of the European Union upheld the EUIPO's rejection of OPENAI as a word mark for classes 9, 42, and 45, ruling the term is descriptive for AI-related services. OpenAI may appeal to the ECJ or seek registration through acquired distinctiveness."