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Trump Trademarked “Make America Great Again” in 2012 but Missed The .Com When Dropped in 2014

August 2, 2015 by Michael Berkens

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Its pretty hard to find a picture of Donald Trump in the last few weeks not wearing a baseball cap with his now famous tag line of the his 2016 Presidential run of “Make America Great Again’

You might be surprised to find out that The Donald filed a trademark on the term back in November 2012. However the trademark was filed for opposition in 2013 and not finally granted until July, 14th 2015.

The domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com was first registered in 2009 under the domain name registrar 1and1.com, meaning Trump, who is no stranger to the UDRP process, would have had little luck in getting the domain away from its original owner.

However the domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com actually dropped in June 2014 and sat unregistered for a few months until it was registered on October 7, 2014, meaning Donal Trump could have registered the domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com for about $10 until October 7th when someone did register the domain name at Godaddy (now under privacy) where it is parked.

Now you can argue that Trump doesn’t need the .Com domain matching his campaign slogan, but for that matter he doesn’t need to be wearing a hat with the slogan either, as a “Trump” hat would be fine.

Trump should have grabbed the domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com when it was available for $10 and missing that, he should have went out and bought the domain especially since I’m sure he doesn’t love the way its being used.

The domain name does have an Alexa Ranking of 13 Million worldwide meaning the domain name is getting some type in traffic.

For the record Donald Trump has bought five separate UDRP’s on .com domain names this year winning control of them all:

trumppalace.com

trumpdubai.com

trumpestates.com

trumpcard.com

trump.nyc

Over the years Donald Trump has filed 58 UDRP winning all but two, so he is certainly as a businessman quite aware of domain names.

Here is the whois record from DomainTools.com for MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com:

Whois Record for 2014-07-21

 
Next (2014-10-07) »
Domain:
Record Date: 2014-07-21
Registrar: 1 & 1 INTERNET AG
Server: whois.schlund.info
Created: 2009-05-10
Updated: 2014-06-21
Expires: 2014-05-10
Domain makeamericagreatagain.com is not registered here.""

Filed Under: Domains, Media

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

  1. Josh says

    August 2, 2015 at 1:46 pm

    I am sure the owner appreciates your story lol

  2. Meyer says

    August 2, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    “Trump should have grabbed the domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com when it was available for $10”

    I doubt he cares that he has to spend $ 5k (?) for an UDRP. He probably spends that much starting his jet.

    And, we all know, he loves a good fight.

  3. owen frager says

    August 2, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    Trump took that line directly from when Reagan announced he was taking on Carter and beat him. Watch the tape his announcement “I am running because I want to make America Great again.” Great speech easily applied word for word to the facts on the ground today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAtYMD-H2UY

  4. Domo Sapiens says

    August 2, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    in a few days, weeks, months, the domain could be worthless… spectacle over
    ….worst thing it happened to the Republicans.
    They need badly the hispanic and millennials vote …. and he is offending left and right.

    • spencer says

      August 2, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      So tired of Progressives. They have ruined America.

      • Striker says

        August 3, 2015 at 8:30 am

        Yep…and Trump is just the sort of personality to begin the clean-up of DC. Never thought I’d say this, but Trump is our best hope, right now, for America to get back on course.

  5. owen frager says

    August 2, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    “Make America Great Again” was Regan’s catch phrase. He started his announcement by saying “I am running for President to make America great again.” Most of what Trump says is stolen from Reagan speeches– check you tube you’ll see that is Trumps secret to making s subliminal connection for reminding people of happier times

  6. owen frager says

    August 2, 2015 at 8:52 pm

    Reagan-

  7. Meyer says

    August 2, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    All successful strategies are copied over and over again by thousands
    Be it a sales campaign, domain catching procedure, a new product or a new style of dressing.

    The big question is, when will Trump get tired of being a Politician?

    • Josh says

      August 2, 2015 at 11:49 pm

      You know what won’t be copied again anytime soon. An African American candidate using the term hope or change.

      • Striker says

        August 3, 2015 at 8:31 am

        What a disaster the past 7 years have been…what a wasted opportunity.

        • Spencer says

          August 3, 2015 at 9:10 am

          the sad part is spo many people are still in denial about the assault that has occurred to the middle class.
          i personally am keeping my footprint small.
          why work when they give 30% – 50% of the fruits of your labor to illegals and welfare cases?
          Wait until the HealthCare cost of ObamaCare reaky sinks in that its a tax on the middle class.
          Idiots who fail to realize there is no free lunch deserve what the get.
          I say put all these illegals in box cars and ship them back.
          THAN make it illegal for corporations to hire them.
          I will pick strawberries for $20 an hour and clean toilets for a living wage.
          Jobs Americans wont do???????????????
          Everything is lies and propaganda.

  8. steve brady says

    August 2, 2015 at 10:02 pm

    Greatestjobspresident.com was created two months ago,
    try Theirleadersaremuchtoosmartforourleaders.com

    “You look at the deals our negotiators are making, they don’t make deals. I know the good negotiators, the bad ones, the over-rated ones, and I know the ones you never heard of.” DJT

  9. Davd Wrixon says

    August 4, 2015 at 2:39 am

    When exactly did Trump ever Export anything?


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