Trumped out
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, May 5, 2006 at 5:06 am
Ivana Trump is making her move into the real estate business, and taking a piece of the Trump pie. Two years ago, Ivana Trump filed for a trademark in the USPTO for the mark “Ivana Trump” to be used in (you guessed it) “real estate services.” As The Smoking Gun reported, this time the Donald isn’t sharing. Citing his many real estate ventures including Trump Tower, The Trump Organization, Trump International Hotel & Tower, Trump World Tower, Trump Royal, Trump Palace, etc., Trump is challenging Ivana’s use of her former married name as confusingly similar. Although it looks as if Donald is only going after only the one mark, there are actually a couple of marks Ivana is seeking: Ivana, Ivana Trump, Summit by Ivana Trump, Ivana Las Vegas by Ivana Trump, and Ivana Las Vegas. The Las Vegas trademarks are probably for Ivana – The Supertower, which coincidently will be battling it out against the Trump Tower Las Vegas. Guess the world is finally going to see whether Donald was born with the real estate gift or if he learned everything he knows from Ivana. I know where my bets are….