2026-02-18 / CNN
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更新于2026年2月18日，美国东部时间下午12:11
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航空新闻 唐纳德·特朗普
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随着佛罗里达州立法机构加大力度推动将棕榈滩国际机场更名为唐纳德·特朗普总统国际机场，最近一份商标申请文件让一些州议员怀疑特朗普家族是否试图从中牟利。
周二，一项将佛罗里达州南部枢纽机场更名为“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统国际机场”的众议院法案以81票对30票在州众议院获得通过。但一些民主党人对上周由处理特朗普集团许可证和商标的私人实体提交的相关商标申请表示担忧。
佛罗里达州民主党众议员谢夫林·琼斯最初支持这一名称变更，并在委员会投票中表示支持，称他对民主党总统也会做同样的事。但他表示，商标申请是改变他立场的两个原因之一（另一个原因是特朗普在其Truth Social社交账户上发布并删除的一段种族主义视频，视频中将前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马描绘成猿人）。
“任何总统，无论民主党还是共和党，都不应该从机场商标许可中获利。”琼斯表示。
琼斯迅速提交了一项修正案，明确禁止特朗普集团从商标中获利，但该修正案未获通过。佛罗里达州参议院的配套法案已通过所需委员会，即将提交全院审议，之后将递交给共和党州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯签署。
特朗普集团发言人表示，特朗普及其家人不会从棕榈滩机场更名中获得版税或许可费，且众议院法案文本明确规定该品牌命名不会产生任何费用。
“需要明确的是，总统及其家人不会从拟议的机场更名中获得任何版税、许可费或任何形式的经济补偿。”特朗普集团执行运营总监金伯利·本扎表示。她强调，佛罗里达州法案要求特朗普集团签订许可协议，但他们“愿意免费向其家乡县提供这一权利”。
尽管如此，针对“唐纳德·J·特朗普国际机场”、“总统唐纳德·J·特朗普国际机场”和“DJT”的商标申请仍引起了人们的质疑，原因是特朗普有将建筑、火车站或机场以自己名字命名的记录，此次申请的范围广泛，且其家族存在潜在获利可能。
商标律师乔希·格尔本告诉CNN，此类商标申请非同寻常——以里根、约翰·F·肯尼迪或比尔·希拉里·克林顿等领导人命名的枢纽机场，并未由前总统或其家族进行商标注册。例如，里根国家机场的商标归大都会华盛顿机场管理局所有。
“通常情况下，被授予荣誉的个人不会将自己的名字作为商标进行保护。”格尔本表示。
此外，该商标涵盖了一长串商品和服务，包括手表、时钟、珠宝、服装、纪念币、领带夹、腰带、餐厅、机场行李托运、机场建设，以及“机场环境中通过安检时用于保持脚部和袜子清洁的塑料拖鞋”。
“从法律角度看，起草这些文件的律师做得非常好。”格尔本说，“这可能会形成一个庞大的机场周边市场，甚至超出机场范围。而且，特朗普集团将拥有该商标，并可将该名称许可给任何生产和销售相关商品的商家。”
当被问及特朗普集团是否会就具体商品收取任何版税或许可费时，本扎未予回应。
格尔本指出，商标注册还有其他原因，而非单纯从许可费中获利，包括防止第三方平台侵权，以及与品牌相关的质量标准设定。
本扎表示，该商标将“防止不良行为者侵犯或滥用该名称”。
据CNN此前报道，特朗普还曾专门提议将华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场和纽约宾州车站以自己名字命名。此外，在特朗普的盟友组成的董事会投票决定将肯尼迪中心更名为“特朗普肯尼迪中心”后，该机构现在已以他的名字命名。
据众议院交通和基础设施委员会一名成员的助手透露，北卡罗来纳州共和党众议员艾迪生·麦克道尔已提出法案，要求将杜勒斯机场更名为特朗普机场，该法案得到了少数共和党人的联名支持，目前仍在讨论中。但由于棕榈滩机场更名一事，两个以特朗普命名的机场可能会造成严重混淆，这些努力可能会受到阻碍。
更正：本文已更新，纠正了乔希·格尔本（Josh Gerben）名字的拼写。
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2026年1月16日，佛罗里达州西棕榈滩，唐纳德·特朗普总统抵达棕榈滩国际机场后走下空军一号。
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Trump Organization trademark raises suspicions that family could profit from Florida airport name change
2026-02-18 / CNN
By Kit Maher
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Updated Feb 18, 2026, 12:11 PM ET
PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2026, 11:50 AM ET
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As the Florida Legislature ramps up efforts to rename the Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump, a recent trademark filing has some state lawmakers wondering if the Trump family is looking to profit.
The House bill to rename the south Florida hub the President Donald J. Trump International Airport passed the state’s House of Representatives 81-30 on Tuesday. But some Democrats raised concerns about related trademark applications that were filed last week by the private entity that handles licenses and trademarks for the Trump Organization.
Democratic Florida state Rep. Shevrin Jones was initially on board with the name change and supported it in a committee vote, saying he would have done the same for a Democratic president. But he said the trademark application was one of the two things that changed his mind (the other being the racist video recently posted and deleted on Trump’s Truth Social account, which depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes).
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“No president, Democrat or Republican should be able to benefit” from an airport trademark license, Jones said.
Jones quickly filed an amendment to explicitly prevent the Trump Organization from profiting off the trademark, but it failed. The companion Florida Senate bill has passed the required committees and is set to be considered by the full chamber soon before heading to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk.
A spokesperson for the Trump Organization said that Trump and his family would not receive royalties or licensing fees from the renaming of the Palm Beach airport, and the House bill’s text specifies that the branding would come at no cost.
“To be clear, the President and his family will not receive any royalty, licensing fee, or financial consideration whatsoever from the proposed airport renaming,” said Kimberly Benza, Trump Organization director of executive operations. She stressed that the Florida bill requires a license agreement from The Trump Organization but that they are “willing to provide this right to his hometown county at no charge.”
Still, the trademark applications for “DONALD J. TRUMP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,” “PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT” and “DJT” raised eyebrows, given Trump’s known interest in renaming buildings, train stations or airports after himself, the broad scope of the applications and the potential for his family to profit.
The trademark application is unusual — hubs named for leaders like Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy or Bill and Hillary Clinton were not protected with trademark filings by the former presidents or their families, trademark attorney Josh Gerben told CNN. For example, the trademark for Reagan National Airport is owned by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
“Normally, the private individual who’s being honored isn’t protecting his or her name as a trademark,” Gerben said.
Plus, the trademark includes a lengthy list of goods and services that would fall under its purview. It includes watches, clocks, jewelry, clothing, collectible coins, tie clips, belts, restaurants, airport baggage check-in, airport construction and “plastic slippers used in the airport environment when going through security to keep feet and socks clean.”
“From a legal perspective, the attorney that drafted these did a really good job,” Gerben said. “There could be a whole market at the airport, or even off the airport premises. And again, Trump Org would own the trademark and be able to license that name to anybody that was making and selling that merchandise.”
Benza did not respond when asked to clarify whether the Trump Organization would collect any royalties or licensing fees related to merchandise specifically.
Other reasons exist for trademarking a name other than the potential to profit from licensing fees, Gerben noted. That includes preventing infringement on third-party platforms and setting quality standards in connection with the brand.
Benza said the trademark would keep “bad actors from infringing upon or misusing the name.”
Trump has also specifically pitched renaming Washington’s Dulles International Airport after himself, as well as New York’s Penn Station, CNN previously reported. And the Kennedy Center now bears his name, after a board stacked with Trump allies voted to change the institution’s name to the “Trump Kennedy Center.”
North Carolina GOP Rep. Addison McDowell introduced legislation to rename Dulles after Trump, which was cosponsored by a handful of Republicans and is still under discussion, according to a staffer of a member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. But those efforts could be complicated by the Palm Beach airport renaming, since two airports named after Trump could cause significant confusion.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Josh Gerben’s name.
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President Donald Trump departs Air Force One after arriving at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 16, 2026.
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