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Recognizing the need for companies to quickly get products to market that might help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Patent & Trademark Office is now paving the way for shorter examination timelines for qualifying trademark applications. This could prove especially useful in battling the flood of COVID-19-related counterfeit products that have hit the marketplace since the beginning of the crisis.