The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) continues to receive an increasing number of new trademark applications for the Metaverse. Included in this trend are applications for various “verses.”
This trend started with a trademark application filed by Pumpernickel Associates, LLC on February 3, 2022 for the name PANERAVERSE. The USPTO assigned the application no. 97251535.
The trend continued with a trademark application filed by Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. on February 14, 2022 for the name PANDAVERSE. The USPTO assigned the application no. 97265873.
This trend continued further with with a trademark application filed by Wrangler Apparel Corp. on February 16, 2022 for the name WRANGLERVERSE. The USPTO assigned this application no. 97270043.
For more than twenty years, Michael Kondoudis has been the go-to trademarking expert for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Michael is a USPTO-licensed trademark and patent attorney, educator, speaker, and author of the Amazon best-seller: Going From Business Owner to Brand Owner. He is also an authority trusted by national news media on major trademark stories.
Fun Facts: Michael is a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and an actual rocket scientist (B.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Indiana University 1994).
