F1 recently registered a trademark for a Grand Prix to be held in another US city, sparking intrigue and speculation.
Following the addition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix last year, F1 has increased its US-based race registration to three races, with a new trademark registration for another race in the US raising speculation about its future. There is.
Las Vegas will be the first race to be fully promoted and hosted by Liberty Media-owned F1 in 2023, in addition to existing races at Circuit of the Americas and Miami Grand, which will be held as the US Grand Prix. It was added to the calendar in the second half. Puri.
F1 Lodge files Chicago Grand Prix trademark
Documents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on January 19, 2024 show that F1 Licensing has applied for four Chicago-based race names.
These include 'F1 Chicago Grand Prix', 'Chicago Grand Prix', 'F1 Chicago Grand Prix', 'Chicago Grand Prix'.
If approved, F1 will have the right to use those titles to promote the race if it is held in Chicago.
F1 has done something similar in the past, registering the Miami Grand Prix and Las Vegas Grand Prix trademarks years before the races became a reality.
Chicago is one of the major cities in the United States, located in the state of Illinois, with a population of 2.7 million. This is much larger than Miami or Las Vegas, but comparable to the population of Miami-Dade County and slightly less than the population of Miami-Dade County. Nevada.
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Chicago, located in the northeast of the country, could be a strong option if F1 were looking to hold a race in the opposite region of the United States…but this may not materialize in the next few years. do you have?
PlanetF1.com has no plans to hold a race in Chicago even at the current negotiation stage, and the move is simply a pre-emptive move to protect its intellectual property and prevent other parties from using its brand. I understand that it could be something.
For example, F1 applied for a similar trademark for the New York Grand Prix at the end of 2017, but more than six years later, no race has been held in New York. The New York lace trademark was registered in the same year as Miami and Las Vegas, and since then, two of these three races have become a reality.
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