{"id":11737,"date":"2025-06-23T21:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/openai-pulls-promotional-materials-around-jony-ive-deal-due-to-court-order\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:01:25","slug":"openai-pulls-promotional-materials-around-jony-ive-deal-due-to-court-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usaontheweb.com\/clone1\/openai-pulls-promotional-materials-around-jony-ive-deal-due-to-court-order\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/portrait.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Sam Altman and Jony Ive\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  ><figcaption><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>OpenAI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2025-06-22T15:24:35-07:00\">3:24 PM PDT \u00b7 June 22, 2025<\/time><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI\u2019s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman\u2019s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page.<\/p>\n<p>Does that suggest something is amiss with the acquisition, or with plans for Ive to lead design work at OpenAI? Not exactly, according to Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman, who reports that the \u201cdeal is on track and has NOT dissolved or anything of the sort.\u201d Instead, he said a judge has issued a restraining order over the io name, forcing the company to pull all materials that used it.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI subsequently confirmed this is the case, updating the old announcement page with the statement, \u201cThis page is temporarily down due to a court order following a trademark complaint from iyO about our use of the name \u2018io.\u2019 We don\u2019t agree with the complaint and are reviewing our options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company said this does not affect the deal with io.<\/p>\n<p>The iyO in question emerged from the Alphabet X \u201cmoonshot factory,\u201d and its first announced product is a set of generative AI-powered earbuds. An earlier report at Bloomberg Law noted that iyO had brought a trademark lawsuit against OpenAI, with the judge suggesting she\u2019s open to the company\u2019s argument that OpenAI\u2019s promotional video might already be creating consumer confusion.<\/p>\n<p>For now, at least, the video remains viewable on X.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post has been updated with confirmation from OpenAI.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Anthony Ha is TechCrunch\u2019s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. 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