{"id":11108,"date":"2025-11-25T00:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openai-learned-the-hard-way-that-cameo-trademarked-the-word-cameo\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T00:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:50:55","slug":"openai-learned-the-hard-way-that-cameo-trademarked-the-word-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openai-learned-the-hard-way-that-cameo-trademarked-the-word-cameo\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word \u2018cameo\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI&rsquo;s social app Sora launched with a controversial feature called Cameo, allowing users to deepfake themselves or others (with permission). The feature had a tenuous rollout &mdash; Martin Luther King Jr.&rsquo;s estate had to get involved, to give you an idea of what went on &mdash; but now it faces a new challenge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently, Cameo &mdash; the app where you buy custom video messages from celebrities &mdash; can claim the trademark of the word &ldquo;cameo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee imposed a temporary restraining order that blocks OpenAI from using the word &ldquo;cameo,&rdquo; as well as any similar-sounding words or phrases, on Sora.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The temporary restraining order issued on November 21, 2025 is set to expire on December 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for December 19, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Monday afternoon, the Sora app still uses the &ldquo;cameo&rdquo; language, however. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> &ldquo;We are gratified by the court&rsquo;s decision, which recognizes the need to protect consumers from the confusion that OpenAI has created by using the Cameo trademark,&rdquo; Cameo CEO Steven Galanis said in a statement. &ldquo;While the court&rsquo;s order is temporary, we hope that OpenAI will agree to stop using our mark permanently to avoid any further harm to the public or Cameo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI disagrees with the assertion that the company can claim exclusive ownership over the word &ldquo;cameo,&rdquo; the company told CNBC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\" readability=\"5.3\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\" readability=\"24.75\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word &lsquo;cameo&rsquo;<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI&rsquo;s social app Sora launched with a controversial feature called Cameo, allowing users to deepfake themselves or others (with permission). The feature had a tenuous rollout &mdash; Martin Luther King Jr.&rsquo;s estate had to get involved, to give you an idea of what went on &mdash; but now it faces a new challenge. Apparently, Cameo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openai-learned-the-hard-way-that-cameo-trademarked-the-word-cameo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word \u2018cameo\u2019&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}