Netflix may have found itself in a legal battle with the United States government over the Space Force trademark. The streaming service debuted its workplace comedy, Space Force, last week but a trademark filing for the series conflicts with the US military’s own plans for the phrase.
Netflix has filed for a Space Force trademark in several regions around the world, while the United States has a pending trademark application for Space Force, a branch of the US Air Force. It seems that Netflix could win the trademark war. The United States has a first to use policy which would mean that Netflix would win, as the Space Force isn’t off the ground.
Other countries have a first to file policy, which Netflix would also win as it filed its Space Force trademark application in January 2019, nearly a year after President Trump announced the Air Force Space Force, but before the government filed for its own application. Netflix could also win a potential fight because of artistic reasons, the same thing that won Activision’s Call of Duty Humvee lawsuit.
Space Force is now streaming on Netflix.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
