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BumRushDaShow

(158,698 posts) Tue Jul 29, 2025, 05:04 AM Jul 29

Trump Organization sues Amazon and eBay sellers accusing them of hawking knock-off MAGA merchandise

Source: The Independent

Monday 28 July 2025 22:38 BST

President Donald Trump’s company is reportedly suing online merchants it accuses of selling unofficial, “inferior imitations” of Trump-branded goods on marketplaces such as Amazon, Walmart and eBay.

“By selling counterfeit products that purport to be genuine and authorized products using the TRUMP trademarks, defendants cause confusion and deception in the marketplace,” reads a complaint filed by the Trump Organization in Florida federal court on Friday.

The company hopes to stop the sellers from using the Trump brand’s trademarks, compel the marketplaces to destroy the alleged fake Trump merch and close counterfeit sellers’ accounts.

The Trump Organization plans to reveal the specific merchant identities in a sealed filing, according to CNBC, which first reported on the lawsuit. The Independent has contacted Amazon, Walmart and eBay for comment.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sues-amazon-ebay-counterfeit-maga-merch-b2797634.html

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Trump Organization sues Amazon and eBay sellers accusing them of hawking knock-off MAGA merchandise (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 29 OP

But no lawsuit for them selling toilet paper with his face on it, or toilet brushes which RockRaven Jul 29 #1

FAKE magats - oh noes BoRaGard Jul 29 #2

Not just cheap, tawdry crap, but FAKE cheap, tawdry crap ? eppur_se_muova Jul 29 #3

Are they jealous because they want to be the most inferior? nt SADAR Jul 29 #4

That's funny. tanyev Jul 29 #5

RockRaven

(17,718 posts)

1. But no lawsuit for them selling toilet paper with his face on it, or toilet brushes which

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 05:16 AM

Jul 29

look like an ungodly mashup of the Dotard and one of those 90s era troll dolls, or various other things...?

Interesting how selective they are about trademark and likeness infringement; they only care about it when their Temu-level merch is usurped by supposed Temu^2-level merch -- although given... T***p... the knockoffs are probably Temu^0.5 on the relative scale just judged by the reliability of those making the claim.

Yet they don't give a shit when those same sellers associate their Dear Leader with feces and feces abatement. Rather telling...

BoRaGard

(7,066 posts)

2. FAKE magats - oh noes

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 05:49 AM

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eppur_se_muova

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3. Not just cheap, tawdry crap, but FAKE cheap, tawdry crap ?

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:00 AM

Jul 29

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What's a poor proto-fascist to do for gifts to his bros ?

SADAR

(70 posts)

4. Are they jealous because they want to be the most inferior? nt

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:54 AM

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tanyev

(47,554 posts)

5. That's funny.

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 08:23 AM

Jul 29

I’m sure Amazon, Walmart and eBay could easily identify the vendors that sell counterfeits and shoddy merchandise—IF they wanted to. It’s been a problem for years and now it’s nearly impossible to filter search results to avoid the sketchy garbage.

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