Netflix Secures 'Space Force' Trademarks Ahead of the US Armed Forces
The Netflix original comedy, ‘Space Force,’ starring Steve Carell and based on the new branch of the military launched by President Donald Trump, has quite recently obtained the Trademark Rights for the name before the US government. Space Force is the space warfare service branch of the US Armed Forces. According to various reports, the show has efficiently secured the trademark rights to the name ‘Space Force’ in multiple places, including Mexico, Australia, and Europe. On the other hand, the Air Force, at present, has a pending Trademark Application for the registration of the name ‘Space Force’ in the US. The same implies that the show has more confirmed trademark rights than the US military. Usually, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants trademarks as per the ‘First-to-use’ system, and Netflix had filed the trademark application for the name of the show as early as January. In 2018, Trump had directed the Pentagon (the headquarters building of the US Department of Defense) to create a Space Force serving as the sixth and the youngest military service branch of the Department of Defense. The move has