Patent Office’s Board of Peace Trademark Bid Now Has Competition

When the US Patent and Trademark Office’s director submitted a pair of unorthodox trademark applications to protect President Donald Trump‘s nascent Board of Peace project from cybersquatters, the government was first to file.

But the office’s December and January applications aren’t alone.

A group called Patriot Principles Project Inc. filed applications for the name “Board of Peace” and a logo with a shield, globe, and laurel branches in early February.

That name and logo closely resemble those sought in applications filed by the PTO and signed by PTO Director John Squires that were already the subject of congressional scrutiny …