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jacquesm
on Feb 15, 2024
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OpenAI – Application for US trademark “GPT” has fa...
That doesn't make them part of 'the patent system', you could overhaul the patent system without ever touching on trademark law.
eru
on Feb 15, 2024
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Logically both systems are separate, yes. And some countries might even have separate bureaucracies for them.
But the US has the same bureaucracy for both. And bureaucracies are leaky abstractions.
jacquesm
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Logically, legally and organizationally they are separate systems. There is zero indication for overlap between them to the degree that it would warrant more trust in the patent system because someone's trademark application failed.
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