NYC’s Shuttered Princeton Club Lands in Tussle Over Trademark Name
The storied Ivy League haunt in Manhattan shut down during the pandemic, but buyout specialist Leonard Levie wants to revive it in a new location.
The Princeton Club before an event in New York
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The Princeton Club of New York, a storied midtown Ivy League establishment that shut down during the pandemic, has reappeared on the scene — in intellectual property circles, at least.
An offshoot of buyout firm American Industrial Acquisition Corp. has applied for trademarks on “Princeton Club of New York” and a “PCNY” logo superimposed on Princeton University’s well-known shield and chevron.