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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:20 PM Aug 2019

Nov. 2018: Ivanka gets approval from China for 16 new trademarks including 'voting machines'

Remember this news article from Nov. 2018?

President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor, Ivanka Trump, last month won initial approval from the Chinese government for 16 new trademarks, covering a wide range of products that include “voting machines.”

The approval for Ivanka Trump’s trademarks — which comes three months after she said her personal clothing brand was shutting down — occurred “while her father continues to wage a trade war with China,” noted the public interest group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which first reported the approval.

CREW said the approvals, which are only the latest in a series of approvals of trademarks by the Chinese, raises “ethics questions.”

“Since she has retained her foreign trademarks, the public will continue to have to ask whether President Trump has made foreign policy decisions in the interest of his and his family’s businesses,” CREW said in a post. “Her trademarks remain a potential conflict of interest as she continues to work on policy in the White House and meet with foreign leaders. ” The trademarks approved for Ivanka Trump-branded products — which also include nursing homes, sausage casing, handbags, shoes, wedding dresses and jewelry — were first applied for in 2016.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/06/ivanka-trump-gets-initial-approval-from-china-for-16-trademarks.html

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Nov. 2018: Ivanka gets approval from China for 16 new trademarks including 'voting machines' (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 OP
Businesses have trademarks. Ms. Toad Aug 2019 #1
This is in relation to her father telling all American businesses to pull out of China today--all of Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 #2
Ivanka is not president. Ms. Toad Aug 2019 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 #5
devil in the details librechik Aug 2019 #4
Laurence Tribe is wondering the same thing just now on Twitter regarding Ivanka and China: Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 #6
I really don't care much about her trademarks except for nykym Aug 2019 #7
Clarity BruceWane Aug 2019 #8

Ms. Toad

(34,059 posts)
1. Businesses have trademarks.
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:25 PM
Aug 2019

This is nothing more than the ordinary work of maintaining a business. Trademarks are a relatively cheap investment in protecting your turf if you are (or plan to - depending on the jurisdiction) use the mark.

There are far more urgent matters to pay attention to.

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
2. This is in relation to her father telling all American businesses to pull out of China today--all of
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:27 PM
Aug 2019

Ivanka's various business, including her clothing lines, are manufactured in China.

Ms. Toad

(34,059 posts)
3. Ivanka is not president.
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:30 PM
Aug 2019

She is not obligated to make decisions that hurt her future business prospects merely because her father is president.

As someone in the IP business for more than a dozen years, maintaining trademarks is just part of being a responsible business owner.

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nykym

(3,063 posts)
7. I really don't care much about her trademarks except for
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 02:18 PM
Aug 2019

the Voting Machines, what company is making them? who are the selling to? do they have a verifiable paper trail? Just asking!

BruceWane

(345 posts)
8. Clarity
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 02:26 PM
Aug 2019

Probably more like Trump branded "voting machines" that allow people to cast "votes" that are never actually counted. They'll be YUGE in North Korea, Russia, etc.

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