LMAO Vince won't like this one bit...

[Avenger]

DONALD PLAYS TRUMP CARD

Billionaire property tycoon Donald Trump has filed to copyright the phrase "you're fired."

Trump has used the words to strike fear into contestants on his reality TV show in the US, The Apprentice.

The catchphrase has taken off, much like Anne Robinson's "You are the weakest link".

Now Trump wants to trademark the saying, his spokesman confirmed. A request has been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

It would mean that fashion and games companies, among others, would not be able to use the saying on merchandise without permission.

T-shirts with the words, "You're Fired", have already gone on sale at the famous New York department store, Bloomingdales.

The Apprentice has become a major hit in the US. The show is corporate America's answer to hit programmes like Survivor.

Budding entrepreneurs compete for a real job with the mega corporation, based in the Trump World Tower in New York.

At the end of each episode, on NBC, Trump tells one of the candidates: "You're Fired".

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...018249,00.html

Last Updated: 07:45 UK, Friday March 19, 2004