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Donald Trump has nominated the hospitality executive Scott Socha – whose company once sued to claim trademark rights to the name “Yosemite National Park” – to lead the National Park Service.
The nomination of an outsider with business ties to the agency he’d oversee comes at a pivotal moment for the service, which lost a quarter of its staff under the so-called “department of government efficiency” civil sector purge and which has been the subject of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to erase mention of historical events from its sites that portray Americans in an unfavorable light, such as regarding slavery.
[This is an obvious ethical monstrosity.]
[Socha's company] Delaware North is well-known in conservationist circles for a trademark lawsuit involving Yosemite national park. After the company lost a $2bn bid to renew its contract to operate Yosemite’s hotels and restaurants to competitor Aramark in 2016, Delaware North sued, arguing that the company held intellectual property rights to various names used at the park worth more than $50m – including the terms “Yosemite National Park”, “Ahwahnee Hotel” and “Curry Village”.
The two landmarks were briefly renamed, until the lawsuit was settled in 2019.
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Donald Trump has nominated the hospitality executive Scott Socha – whose company once sued to claim trademark rights to the name “Yosemite National Park” – to lead the National Park Service.
The nomination of an outsider with business ties to the agency he’d oversee comes at a pivotal moment for the service, which lost a quarter of its staff under the so-called “department of government efficiency” civil sector purge and which has been the subject of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to erase mention of historical events from its sites that portray Americans in an unfavorable light, such as regarding slavery.
[This is an obvious ethical monstrosity.]
[Socha's company] Delaware North is well-known in conservationist circles for a trademark lawsuit involving Yosemite national park. After the company lost a $2bn bid to renew its contract to operate Yosemite’s hotels and restaurants to competitor Aramark in 2016, Delaware North sued, arguing that the company held intellectual property rights to various names used at the park worth more than $50m – including the terms “Yosemite National Park”, “Ahwahnee Hotel” and “Curry Village”.
The two landmarks were briefly renamed, until the lawsuit was settled in 2019.
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Boston Bruins Owner Trademarks "Yosemite National Park" and other Public Properties
From the "Holy Frijoles" department: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/us/bitter-contract-dispute-extends-to-who-owns-yosemite-national-park-names.html YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Marilyn and Jack Whitcher have been regular visitors to the glacier-carved valley of Yosemite National Park...
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