No doubt a sore point with them — we should license the word “Internet” and every time they use he word they pay us a royalty.
Some years ago somebody noted that a lot of politicians recycle their speeches at dozens of events, using the same anecdotes, phrases, etc.
So why not copyright an opponents “catch phrases” out from underneath him, then send him cease and desist orders when he uses them again in public?
It would have to be tailored to avoid fair use, but it could have a huge nuisance factor on the campaign trail.
Back in the early days of the internet some schmuck here in town grabbed the domain “pittsburghpirates.com”. When the Pirates decided to start a website, he tried to hold them up for a king’s ransom. The team was actually incorporated as “Pittsburgh Baseball Club, Inc.” so he exploited the loophole.
The Pirates website was “pirateball.com” for a couple of seasons until MLB lawyers were able to sufficiently rattle this guy.