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Plaza Hotel and Trump

Central Park South: Since then, Trump has used the non-exclusive trademark to brand furniture, chandeliers, pillows and even key chains.A Trump spokesman declined to say how much Trump has earned from the trademark, but he noted the developer deep connections to the park, according to Toronto Star. Trump once owned the Plaza Hotel along Central Park South, operates a skyscraper hotel overlooking the park and famously renovated the park once-downtrodden ice rink. The leading Republican presidential candidate first applied for a trademark to use the words Central Park on merchandise more than two decades ago, when the park had a far less glamorous reputation than it does today. Mr. Since it is a public space, no one can put an exclusive trademark on the words Central Park. Trump, over the course of his career, has owned and developed some of the most iconic buildings in the city, many of which . . . sit only footsteps away from Central Park, said Alan Garten, executive vice-president and general counsel to The Trump Organization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.