The USPTO and COVID trademarks
I wanted to re-post this article because we have had a few people asking for these types of filings. By Bill Donahue Law360 (March 18, 2020, 5:43 PM EDT) -- A rush of misguided trademark applications for "COVID" and "coronavirus" has already begun, replaying a bizarre legal phenomenon in particularly tasteless fashion.
Trending terms from news and pop culture are routinely followed by a flood of applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, filed by opportunist