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Title: IYO Sues OpenAI Over IO

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/16302...

IYO filed a trademark infringement lawsuit [PDF] against OpenAI and Jony
Ive's company earlier this month, alleging the defendants deliberately
adopted a confusingly similar name for competing products. The lawsuit
surfaced after the Microsoft-backed startup quietly pulled promotional
materials about its $6.5 acquisition billion deal with Ive's firm. The
Northern District of California complaint targets OpenAI's $6.5 billion
acquisition of "IO Products, Inc.," announced May 21, 2025. IYO, which spun
out from Google X in 2021, produces the "IYO ONE," an ear-worn device that
allows users to interact with computers and AI through voice commands without
screens or keyboards. IYO has invested over $62 million developing its audio
computing technology, it says in the filing. According to the complaint,
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Ive's design studio LoveFrom met with IYO
representatives multiple times between 2022 and 2025, learning details about
IYO's technology and business plans. In March 2025, Altman allegedly told IYO
he was "working on something competitive" called "io." IO Products, formed in
September 2023, develops hardware for screenless computer interaction similar
to IYO's products. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and damages for
trademark infringement and unfair competition.

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