https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...te-trump-org-then-donald-trump-came-after-me/
"In August 2012, I purchased the domain name Trump.org for $1,272 in an online public auction. I had heard rumors that Trump was considering running for president one day. When I came across the auction, I thought it would be a great platform for me to put a message out there. To put it politely, I was not a fan."
Fun article.
The word "trump" is not unique. It only has valid trademarks in the real estate and development business or businesses in which Donald Trump is vested. My guess, his "people" were just protecting him from a worse choice for us. The Donald has his problems, but having an assistant President Bill scares me worse.
Furthermore, what would you do with it? No one will go to
www.trump.org unless there is something exciting there. I doubt any WIPO commission or court would hear it if it contained a website with techniques for "trumping" cards in a game or some other interesting "trump" concept that was not ill-intended. There are three things you cannot do legally in registering a domain name.
1. Take advantage of someone else's intellectual property or trademarks. That is a fair concept.
2. Attempt to sell the domain name for a profit to the similar entity. That is a fair concept.
3. Register it for ill purposes related to the similar entity. That is a fair concept unless the entity is bad. Freedom of Speech has a broad spectrum. E.g. I would gladly pay the $10 yearly to hold some name that could promote "bad" stuff that might hurt my kids or neighbors.
Masters.com and TheMasters.com go to The Masters Golf Tournament page. That was not always the case. A fellow named Masters originally owned masters dot com. He was consistently harassed by the PGA to give up the name, which he eventually did, handsomely rewarded. However, it was his own surname.
