High Court Denies Review of ‘Space Force’ Trademark Rejection

An intellectual property attorney failed to convince the US Supreme Court to take up his case seeking to nullify a provision of US trademark law that barred him from registering “US Space Force.”

The high court denied intellectual property attorney Thomas D. Foster APC’s petition for a writ of certiorari Monday.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in May the US Patent and Trademark Office correctly denied the “US Space Force” application because it would “falsely suggest a connection” with the US government. Foster petitioned the Supreme Court to take up his case, arguing the provision ...