Valve Registered the trademarks "CS2" and "Counter Strike"

Valve has applied to register trademarks "CS2" and "Counter Strike" on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.

In contrast to the previous and other games included in the list of patents in the past (Condition Zero, Global Offensive, and the original Counter-Strike), here, the game's name is written without a hyphen.

So far, what has happened tells us almost nothing about whether the version of CS on Source 2 will be a different game or CS:GO will be a format with a big patch and rebranded as "Counter Strike", but this is another confirmation that Valve is not sitting around, folded hands.

Related:

• CS:GO Source 2 will be released in less than two weeks: the activity of the developers confirms
• Valve "trolled" fans who were waiting for the release of the CS:GO update on Source 2 at night
  
• The Source 2 update for CS:GO has been added for developers
  

Significance of the event

Registering a trademark can be called a harbinger of the release of a game or a major update comparable to DLC. An important nuance is that even the application filing itself protects the rights to the trademark until it is accepted or rejected because the process can take months.

For example, Blizzard Entertainment patents its add-ons for World of Warcraft, and registration often takes place a week or a few days before its official announcement or release. The same Half-Life: Alyx brand appeared on the site a few days before releasing the project's announcement trailer.

Source: USPTO