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=== Pandemic activities and legal dispute (2020β2023) === In early 2020, during the beginning of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Kulash and his wife fell ill with [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|the 2019 novel coronavirus]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 17, 2020 |title=All the Celebrities Who Have Tested Positive for the Coronavirus |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/famous-people-celebrities-with-coronavirus.html |access-date=May 18, 2020 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> After his recovery, while the band members were following stay-at-home orders at their homes, they wrote and recorded "All Together Now" and filmed a video for it over two months as a tribute to the healthcare workers battling the infection. The song and video were released on May 12, 2020; proceeds went to [[Partners in Health]].<ref name="rs all together now">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ok-go-all-together-now-covid-19-998665/ | title = OK Go Premiere New Song for Frontline COVID-19 Workers | first= Claire | last = Shaffer | date = May 13, 2020 | access-date = May 13, 2020 | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=OK Go's 'All Together Now' Video: Watch|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9376931/ok-go-all-together-now-video|date=May 13, 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref> The band uploaded several alternate music videos for "All Together Now" on YouTube, including clips sent to them by fans. In early 2021, the band released an acoustic cover of "[[Odessey and Oracle|This Will Be Our Year]]" by [[the Zombies]], which they also covered in 2004. In 2021, Kulash hinted in an interview that he might do another video in zero gravity for a future song similar to "Upside Down and Inside Out."<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2021 |title=OK Go has message we need: 'This Will Be Our Year' |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/20/ok-go-has-message-we-need-this-will-be-our-year/ |access-date=April 22, 2021 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022 and early 2023, the band became involved in a legal dispute with Minnesota company [[Post Consumer Brands]], which registered a trademark on the phrase "OK Go!" for a new line of portable breakfast cereals. A lawyer for the band cited a previous collaboration between OK Go and Post as evidence that the "namejacking" was most likely intentional.<ref name="post">{{cite web|url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/alternative-rock-group-ok-go-in-legal-dispute-with-post-over-breakfast-cereal-product-ok-go/|title=Alternative rock group OK Go in legal dispute with Post over breakfast cereal product 'OK Go!'|date=January 25, 2023 }}</ref> On May 31, 2023, OK Go and Post reached a settlement, which resulted in Post abandoning its registration of the "OK Go!" name.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91283668&pty=OPP&eno=7 | title=USPTO TTABVUE. Proceeding Number 91283668 }}</ref>
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