Re:WP Engine sent "cease and desist" letter to Automattic
by echoangle on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @04:23PM
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Well I’ll be ready to watch the lawsuit for trademark infringement then. Except there won’t be one because there’s no chance that’s trademark infringement. All the statements on the website of WP engine (as I currently see it of course) don’t imply any affiliation with the Wordpress trademark owners and are pretty factual. Do you have some more explicit reasoning for statements on the website that you find infringing?
Re:WP Engine sent "cease and desist" letter to Automattic
by mrwyz on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @11:06PM
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Exhibit B, C: https://automattic.com/2024/09/25/open-source-trademarks-wp-...
Put some money on those 0% odds.
I think (and that's my opinion) that a jury would see that what wpengine is doing is not fair use and that their offering is creating confusion among consumers, but that's not for me (or you, or anyone else here on HN) to decide.