Another day, another defeat in Trump world. Hmm, hmm. Maybe you should just stay in bed, Donald, leave the shades drawn and hide under the MyPillow, and suck your thumb. I mean, they say third times a charm and after what today and yesterday were like, who wants to even know what tomorrow will bring?
Yesterday, it was revealed that the web hosting platform for Truth Social was upset because they were owed $1.6 million. Today we learn that the application for trademark for Truth Social was denied because the name is too similar to existing companies with trademarks. Daily Mail:
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) found two other companies already have similar names and it would create a ‘likelihood of confusion’ to grant him the trademark. […]
The patent office said the name of the company was too similar to Vero – True Social, an app-based social media platform, and the Truth Network, a Christian radio broadcast network. […]
They wrote in their filing that ‘the dominant wording TRUTH and TRUE communicate the same idea of being honest or emphasizing fact while networking socially’.
Moreover, both marks also contain the wording SOCIAL meaning they look and sound similar generally outside of a small variation of TRUTH.
‘Because the marks are similar and the goods and services are related, there is a likelihood of confusion as to the source of applicant’s goods and services, and registration is refused pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act.
Trump has until February 2023 to respond to the filing.
Josh Gerben, a trademark lawyer in Washington DC, said: ‘Ideally, you would pick a name where this wasn’t going to happen.’
Ideally, you would have enough common sense or hire people with enough common sense — not to mention experience in the field — that they would come up with something that had an excellent if not airtight chance of being in line with the regulations of the trademark office. Apparently it didn’t cross Donald or Devin’s minds.
It might all be a moot point now, anyway, the way things are going. RightForge, who is the entity owed the $1.6 million and who keeps Truth Social on the internet, is on the warpath. This is just one more headache on top of that one.
Looks like Truth Social is on its way to join Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, the Trump presidency, one failed venture after another. Say, is there still a plane that belongs to Trump Airlines around? I was thinking that they could fly it into the ocean, like the final scene in “This Island Earth,” a big symbolic finale, everything Trump goes glub glub. Just a thought.
Ursula, looks like your homilies are more polite than mine — “third times a charm” doesn’t have quite the same impact as “shit arrives in threes.” Note that mine is one of many corollaries of Sod’s Law, which states that “if something can go wrong, it will.”
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Truth Social. I’ve never quite been able to wrap my mind around that name for Trump’s “bigly” new social media site. Ok, so the “Truth” part opens the whole thing up to all sorts of fun via mockery. But something just seemed off and it just hit me. TRUTH Social. TRUTH. Social.
What’s not only the first word in this “bigly” venture, but missing entirely? TRUMP!
Think about it. The flaming orange human shaped rectum we know as Donald Trump has spent his adult life plastering his name all over EVERYTHING he’s involved in. Buildings he owns or manages as well as his golf courses (including a classic British course – Turnberry which he promptly rebranded TRUMP Turnbery to the displeasure of golf people everwhere), his failed business ventures you noted and so on. The asshole puts his name on any and everything he can and it had to drive him bat-shit insane he wasn’t allowed to stick TRUMP in giant, fake gold letters on both the front and back of the WH (and the roof too so people could read it from space!) – every single day!
Yet he makes a big fuss about creating what he assured everyone would be THE biggest social media enterprise ever but doesn’t “brand” it with HIS name in all caps. As in TRUMP Social, or at least TRUMP Truth Social.
Am I the only one who finds that strange? Who thinks maybe he knew all along the thing would be a flop? And maybe, probably in fact only started it to gain a bunch of money (a LOT as it turned out) from investors, money he badly needed. Being the cheap bastard he is he’d have invested the bare minimum to get the site active – and pocket all the rest. It was I’m sure another scam of his from the beginning.
If investors sue him, and things get to the deposition stage that’s where I’d LOVE to see the video. Some opposing lawyer listing ALL the stuff Trump stuck his name on and asking Trump why, given his long, long established use of his “brand” as in his name he left his “most valuable” asset, his “brand’/name OFF his social network? Just imagine Trump sitting there going red in the face, shaking with anger! I think we all know the answer to the question which is that while Trump might have hoped somehow his new “social media empire” would take off and soar like an eagle he knew damn well he’d never authorized all that money investors coughed up to be used to actually build out a major platform which is a damned expensive proposition.
The reason of course he left his name off was to provide a measure of distance when the whole thing crashed and burned. Both for his “brand” (name) so that people wouldn’t add TRUMP Social to the list of failed ventures (Trump Airlines, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka etc.) we have so much fun mocking, but also from a business/liability aspect. Keeping his name OFF it would be a way for him to point fingers and blame any and everyone else involved in his P.O.S. social media platform!
Think about it.
Lock this mob boss up! Lock up any of his armed cult members who threaten anyone for any fucking reason. Most are cowards, which is why their Ar-15s are their substitute dicks.They are one dimensional creatures, living with their lack of self esteem, and flop sweat fears. I agree with Red in Shawshank, who warned Andy about the ‘sisters’ eyeing him for future gang rape. Andy said he should tell them he’s not homosexual. Red replied, neither are they. He stated, they would have to be human first, and they don’t qualify. Bingo.
He probably DID insist that it be called TRUMP social but the marketing team might actually be based in the real world and said a hard “No!”. At the time he started it, cities and building management companies all over the country were removing his name from most of the buildings that had it on them and he never got above 50 percent approval ratings while in office.
Plus, as Denis so eloquently put it, everything Trump touches turns to shit. I wonder what machinations went on NOT to get it put in his name without him throwing a huge tantrum. That had to be some 10th level Jedi mind tricks work.
I like your idea for the Trump Airline plane as long as Rump himself is on it when it goes down. Maybe his evil spawn too, and his lock-step abhorrent adherents as well.