Baron App, Inc. d/b/a/ Cameo v. OpenAI, Inc.
Summary
Cameo sues OpenAI for trademark infringement over alleged unauthorized use of celebrity likenesses and names.
Summary generated by AI from public docket data. Verify against the original filing before relying on it.
Coverage vs reality meter
Prior 5P · 1D · 8N (83 articles)→Recent 30d 1P · 0D · 1N (2 articles)
Press coverage leans plaintiff-favorable; no court ruling has been classified yet.
Coverage breakdown — the articles behind the meter
43 plaintiff-favorable · 4 defendant-favorable · 38 neutral articles
The meter counts distinct coverage events, not articles: 6 plaintiff · 1 defendant · 9 neutral events — a burst of same-stance coverage counts once, however many outlets ran it.
- OpenAI Accused of Copying ‘Astra’ Trademark With New Model (1)Bloomberg Law News · 2026-10-05
- Estée Lauder sues Shein; Anthropic India dispute rolls on; Cameo wins OpenAI injunction – news digestWorld Trademark Review · 2026-02-20
- Federal Court Sides with Cameo in Trademark Dispute, Orders OpenAI to Permanently Stop Using “Cameo” Name for Sora 2 FeatureTekedia · 2026-02-19
- Court Blocks OpenAI from Using ‘Cameo’ Name in Sora 2WinBuzzer · 2026-02-19
- OpenAI rolls out reusable characters and video stitching in SoraThe Tech Buzz · 2025-10-30
- OpenAI's character cameos will let you put pets and original personas in Sora videosEngadget · 2025-10-30
- OpenAI Expands Sora AI Video Generator with ‘Character Cameos’ and Video StitchingWinBuzzer · 2025-10-30
- OpenAI rolls out reusable characters for Sora amid legal stormThe Tech Buzz · 2025-10-30
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Counsel of record
- Byron Raphael LLPJordan Philip Raphael, Timothy David Byron
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPMichael Francis LaFond, Sara Louise Pollock
- Quinn EmanuelMargret Mary Caruso
- Court
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- Docket no.
- 5:25-cv-09268
- Nature of suit
- Trademark
- Judge
- Eumi K. Lee
- Filed
- 2025-10-28
- Last filing
- 2026-10-08
Cause
15:1114 Trademark Infringement
Entities in this case
Parties
Baron App, Inc. d/b/a/ Cameo (plaintiff) OpenAI GP, L.L.C. (defendant) OpenAI OpCo, LLC (defendant) openai opco OPENAI, L.L.C. (defendant) OpenAI Global, LLC (defendant) OpenAI, Inc. (defendant)
Docket entries
- 2026-05-28
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- 2026-05-25
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- 2026-02-05
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- 2026-02-04
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- 2026-01-15
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- 2025-12-19
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- 2025-11-13
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- 2025-11-13
Remark: Manual filings (video files) in support of OpenAI's Response, ECF No. 30, and Baron App Inc. d/b/a/ Cameo's Declaration to Reply, ECF No. 32 have been uploaded to the Clerk's Office's digital archive. (lrt, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/13/2025)
- 2025-11-12
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- 2025-11-03
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- 2025-10-31
CASE REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins for Discovery. (jnk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/31/2025)
- 2025-10-31
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- 2025-10-31
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- 2025-10-30
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- 2025-10-30
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- 2025-10-29
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- 2025-10-28
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Docket history from CourtListener/RECAP — most recent first.