Did you know that all those paintings that fool the eye are called Trump le oil?

Question

Yes... it's true... I bought the trademark and now you can't say it unless you pay a lot of money!!!

Answer 1

LOL

I understand that former secretary of defense Rumsfeld, and Walt Disney’s favorite duck both have to pay you royalties because you bought the trademark on their first names.



In addition, every time the bidder tells out the high card suite that outranks the other cards in bridge or whist, they also owe also you $$$$.



Another point of interest:

While the phrase “Trompe-l'œil” translates to “Fool the eye”

The name “Trump le oil” translates to “Fool that I am!”

Answer 2

I'm sorry, but you're wrong on so many levels, not least of which is your spelling as well as your categorization of the works of art. Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English as trompe l'oeil is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions. It does not cover all optical illusions. For instance, the duck-rabbit illusion is not a trompe l'oeil. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_illusion



In order to refute your 'trademark' claim, I merely need to show prior art. Luckily, a lot of it is in public domain, as this article clearly shows:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe-l%27%C5%93il