New York ( CNN ) -- Donald Trump is seeking $ 400,000 in damages from a Brooklyn man over four websites that use the real estate mogul 's name and brand . Attorneys representing Trump filed a countersuit against J. Taikwok Yung , 33 , at the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn on Thursday , seeking damages for `` federal cybersquatting . '' That 's defined by the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act as `` the registration as domain names of well-known trademarks by nontrademark holders who then try to sell the names back to the trademark owners . '' Trump `` has spent his career establishing his famous name and brand and is not going to sit by idly and allow a pathetic squatter like Mr. Yung to infringe on his well-established rights . '' Alexis Robinson , intellectual property counsel for the Trump Organization , wrote in an e-mail to CNN . Yung , a self-described `` domainer , '' acquired four Trump-related domain names , including trumpmumbai.com and trumpindia.com , in 2007 , the year the Trump organization announced plans to build Trump-branded hotels and condominiums in Mumbai and Bangalore , India . In 2011 , Yung filed a complaint seeking to keep the domain names , citing fair use and First Amendment rights , after actions filed by the Trump Organization demanded he hand the websites over to Trump . Yung used the websites to provide commentary , often disparaging , about Trump and his television shows `` The Apprentice '' and `` The Celebrity Apprentice . '' A disclaimer appeared on the main page of the websites stating that the material posted had not been approved by the Trump Organization . All four websites were taken down Saturday . Yung describes himself as a former U.S. Marine and said he hoped to educate and interest other Marines about `` the opportunities available on the Internet '' and to inform them `` against corporate evils that attempt to harvest their sacrifices and financial security in the name of corporate , Wall Street , and real estate profit , '' the 2011 complaint said . Yung maintained that he never contacted the Trump Organization about selling the domain names for profit , he wrote in the complaint . He also wrote specifically about Trump , criticizing Trump and his legal undertakings . `` Donald Trump is known worldwide to butcher the legal system with frivolous complaints as a vehicle to harass people , '' Yung wrote in the complaint . Yung has been representing himself . He did not respond to CNN 's requests for comment . `` Yung is as brazen and unrepentant a cybersquatter as one might find , '' wrote Trump 's attorneys in a memorandum filed with the court Thursday . `` By his own admission , Yung seeks to acquire 'interesting and high-value domain names and park them initially with domain parking service providers and/or build the website , if feasible , with interesting content , ' '' the memorandum stated . The countersuit filed Thursday seeks the maximum damages allowable -- $ 100,000 for each of the four Trump-related domain names . Yung also holds nearly 200 other domain names , including barclayscapitallehman.com , goldmansachsgroup.com , milanvogue.com and hulufriend.com . In 2009 , Yung acquired the domains bofaml.com and mlbofa.com on the same day that Bank of America Corp. and Merrill Lynch & Co. , Inc. announced their merger , resulting in similar legal action . CNN 's Cameron Tankersley and Forrest Brown contributed to this report .
Donald Trump files countersuit seeking $ 400,000 from J. Taikwok Yung of Brooklyn . Yung filed a complaint in 2011 seeking to keep four Trump-related domain names . Memorandum filed on Thursday calls Yung a `` brazen '' and `` unrepentant '' cybersquatter . Law prohibits registering well-known trademarks with intent to profit from rightful owners .