The legal question is whether new foreign trademark registrations<br />and other transactions between Mr. Trump’s businesses and foreign governments violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution.<br />Trump’s Trademark Continues Its March Across the Globe, Raising Eyebrows -<br />By SHARON LaFRANIERE and DANNY HAKIMAPRIL 11, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — For most of last year, Donald J. Trump’s application to register trademarks<br />for his brand of home accessories languished in a government office in Lima, Peru.<br />A review of 10 trademark databases shows that Mr. Trump’s enterprise, now run by<br />his two adult sons, has 157 trademark applications pending in 36 countries.<br />When the Chinese granted Mr. Trump preliminary approval of 38 trademarks of his name, not long after<br />he was sworn into office, “it was a gift,” said Peter J. Riebling, a trademark lawyer in Washington.<br />After Mr. Trump was elected, his billionaire partner, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who attended the inauguration, publicly boasted<br />that he had access to the president, but later said he had meant Mr. Trump’s children.
