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BEIJING Thirty-six-year-old Mao Yongjin says he has worshiped Donald Trump since he first watched The Apprentice in graduate school. So when it came time to set up his own company selling skin-care products, there was only one name he wanted for the mens line.
At the beginning of this year, he filed a trademark application.
I really hoped there could be Trump beauty cream, Trump moisturizing lotion, Trump anti-aging and brightening serum, and Trump balm, he said. But his winning the election isnt necessarily good news for me. I guess my trademark application wont pass now.
Mao is one of dozens of Chinese people who have tried to trademark the Trump name in China over the years, some in direct reference to the American property-mogul-turned-politician, others just because they like the sound of the name.
Many have been successful. Today, there are trademarks registered for Trump condoms, Trump toilets, Trump pesticide and Trump paint, none bearing any direct business relation to the next U.S. president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-president-elect-is-fighting-back-against-chinas-trump-toilets-and-trump-condoms/2016/12/27/e01378a2-c2a5-11e6-aa03-f2e1260448ff_story.html?utm_term=.8e2c9f0c7060&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1#comments
3catwoman3
(24,006 posts)Can we use the latter on him and then flush him down the former?
Seems pretty fitting.
LisaM
(27,813 posts)And it's really difficult to stop. I guess in this case, it will be easier to prove bad faith, but I see this happen a lot.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)It looked like a toilet.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)and, like pretty much everything else with the tRump name on it, it failed spectacularly.