Australia has power over the use of openAI's assets and trademarks in it's jurisdiction.
Their courts could permanently assign ownership of all openAI branding in Australia, and the right to claim all licensing fees paid in Astaralia, in lieu of financial compensation if openAI does not pay up in response to their verdict.
Something people forget ... every national court in the world can seize and re-assign ownership and rights to any US asset IN THEIR JURISDICTION, at which point paying out lawsuits starts too look cheap ... compared to having to license your intellectual property back from the claimant if you ever want to do business there again.
And in the mean time, the new owner of your trademarks could instead just sell them ... to Google, Amazon, Baidu, Tencent ... etc.
Their courts could permanently assign ownership of all openAI branding in Australia, and the right to claim all licensing fees paid in Astaralia, in lieu of financial compensation if openAI does not pay up in response to their verdict.
Something people forget ... every national court in the world can seize and re-assign ownership and rights to any US asset IN THEIR JURISDICTION, at which point paying out lawsuits starts too look cheap ... compared to having to license your intellectual property back from the claimant if you ever want to do business there again.
And in the mean time, the new owner of your trademarks could instead just sell them ... to Google, Amazon, Baidu, Tencent ... etc.