Mintz secured a rare trademark temporary restraining order (TRO) on behalf of IYO, Inc. against OpenAI, Sam Altman, Sir Jony Ive, and IO Products, Inc. The order temporarily bars the defendants from using the trademark associated with their new product launch. 

Mintz client IYO, which offers a computer operated entirely through natural language—without  a screen, keyboard, or mouse—filed suit following the announcement of a similarly named device, “IO,” by Altman and Ive, backed by a $6.5 billion investment.

The Mintz team was led by Members Andrew Skale, Anthony J. Viola and Ayaz Shaikh, with support from Member Laura Franco, Special Counsel Kara Cormier, and Associates Valerie Phan and Wali Miller.

Additional information on the case is available here.