NEW YORK – Donald Trump can stay on the campaign trail and will not have to testify in a trademark dispute with an internet marketing company, which a US judge on Wednesday said was trying to “harass” the Republican presidential candidate.
The marketing firm, Trump Your Competition Inc, had sought to enforce a subpoena for Mr Trump’s testimony after he challenged its trademark application in 2014. Among other things, the company wants to inquire about other cases involving the billionaire developer.
But US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan rejected the company’s application, saying Mr Trump had no unique knowledge compared with others at his company, The Trump Organization LLC, that would require his testimony.
“I see no point in the deposition other than to harass him during a presidential campaign,” Judge Hellerstein said.
