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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by cush on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:15PM (#30666291)
“Wordle” is a trademark that NYT owns
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by dehrmann on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:28PM (#30666368)
Apparently a few entities own it:

https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4805%3A...

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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by flipq on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:08PM (#30666682)
Unless those people could prove they independently created their Wordles before Wardle’s Wordle was created, it doesn’t legally matter. NYT owns the rights to “Wordle” over the similar clones.
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Re:NYT shutting down the Wordle archive by hartator on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:31PM (#30666378)
I don’t think “Wordle” is a registered trademark.
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