--- title: Donald Trump Applied to Trademark 'Trumpublican' description: The presidential candidate also wanted to trademark "Trumpocrat" canonical: https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-29T19:08:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:59.288Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Applied to Trademark 'Trumpublican' og:description: He also applied for "Trumpocrat" og:url: https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dc9c28e2dc76b4b/69885d10cd1bba24b96fc819/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: &lt;&gt; on July 25, 2015 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Applied to Trademark 'Trumpublican' twitter:description: He also applied for "Trumpocrat" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dc9c28e2dc76b4b/69885d10cd1bba24b96fc819/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Applied to Trademark 'Trumpublican' and 'Trumpocrat' ## Video: Know Right Now: Trump Aide's Comments Under Fire [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Trump Aide's Comments Under Fire](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QXyORd7N.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-07-28. Donald Trump’s lawyer apologized Tuesday after he ensnared the candidate in fresh controversy by responding to years-old rape allegations against Trump—since retracted—by saying that intercourse with a spouse can never legally be considered rape._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 29, 2015 7:08 PM UTC  <> on July 25, 2015 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. <> on July 25, 2015 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jul 29, 2015 7:08 PM UTC Businessman and presidential hopeful Donald Trump wanted to add [some new trademarks](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/29/the-trump-campaign-trademarked-trumpocrat/?tid=sm%5Ftw) to his collection. The Washington _Post_ reports the Trump team filed applications to trademark “Trumpocrat” and “Trumpublican” earlier this year. The trademarks are currently classified as abandoned, but they can still be looked up through the [U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database](http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-application-process/search-trademark-database). This isn’t the first time Trump has made use of the trademark office. The real estate magnate has already secured some notable trademarks through the years, the _Post_ notes, including “The Board Room” and “Miss Photogenic Teen USA.” Trump’s latest applications would have covered the use of the terms on a variety of items, from T-shirts to cufflinks. \[[_The Washington Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/29/the-trump-campaign-trademarked-trumpocrat/?tid=sm%5Ftw)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Applied to Trademark 'Trumpublican' and 'Trumpocrat'","datePublished":"2015-07-29T19:08:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:59.288Z","description":"The trademarks are currently classified as abandoned","url":"https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","President","Trademark","Donald Trump","patent","trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dc9c28e2dc76b4b/69885d10cd1bba24b96fc819/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dc9c28e2dc76b4b/69885d10cd1bba24b96fc819/trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"<> on July 25, 2015 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.","caption":"<> on July 25, 2015 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/","name":"Donald Trump Applied to Trademark 'Trumpublican' and 'Trumpocrat'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Trump Aide's Comments Under Fire","description":"Donald Trump’s lawyer apologized Tuesday after he ensnared the candidate in fresh controversy by responding to years-old rape allegations against Trump—since retracted—by saying that intercourse with a spouse can never legally be considered rape.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QXyORd7N/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-28T15:53:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QXyORd7N.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3977181/donald-trump-trademark-trumpublican/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```