Trump Company Seeks Trademark In Connection With Renaming Of Palm Beach Airport, Creating Opportunity To Profit From Merch

President Donald Trump’s backstage institution is seeking to trademark Donald J. Trump International Airport, nan projected caller sanction of Palm Beach International Airport, leaving nan doorway unfastened for his businesses to financially use from nan rebrand.

Palm Beach County commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday connected a non-exclusive licensing agreement, obtained by nan Miami Herald, that would licence nan Florida region to usage nan president’s sanction for nan airdrome hub and merchandise sold inside.

In return, neither nan president nor his family would person “royalty, licensing interest aliases financial consideration” from nan sanction alteration aliases branded merch sold astatine nan airport, a Trump Organization spokesperson told nan New York Times.

However, DTTM Operations LLC, a backstage institution that manages nan president’s likeness, has revenge a trademark for “Donald J. Trump International Airport,” raising nan anticipation for Trump companies to waste branded items off-site for profit.

Josh Gerben, a trademark lawyer who first noticed nan trademark exertion successful February, explained successful a blog station that it would beryllium “completely unprecedented” for a president’s backstage institution to trademark nan sanction of an airdrome named aft him.

“The move raises different questions astir nan intersection of nationalist infrastructure and backstage marque ownership,” Gerben wrote. “While presidents and nationalist officials person had landmarks named successful their honor, a sitting president’s backstage institution has ne'er successful nan history of nan United States sought trademark authorities successful beforehand of specified naming.”

The trademark exertion requests “Donald J. Trump International Airport” to beryllium utilized connected clothing, luggage, pet carriers, watches, clocks, jewelry, arsenic good arsenic airport-related products specified arsenic formation suits.

DTTM Operations LLC is overseen by nan president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., who besides runs nan Trump Organization.

The Independent has asked DTTM Operations LLC and nan Trump Organization for comment.

The Trump Organization told the New York Times that nan trademark is to “protect nan sanction for Palm Beach County and nan authorities of Florida, frankincense preventing bad actors from infringing upon aliases misusing nan name.”

The Trump institution trademark exertion was revenge successful February, soon aft Florida authorities lawmakers precocious authorities to rename nan Palm Beach International Airport aft nan president.

In March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed nan legislation into law, giving nan Palm Beach County commissioners and nan Federal Aviation Administration until July to o.k. nan last details.

Trump has reportedly hoped to rename different proscription hubs aft himself, specified arsenic Dulles International Airport successful Washington, D.C., and Penn Station successful New York City.

The president has added his sanction to different high-profile buildings specified arsenic nan Donald J. Trump John F. Kennedy Center for nan Performing Arts and nan Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace.