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Re:Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charl... by snowwrestler on Thursday October 03, 2024 @12:00AM (#41727263)
Matt doesn’t own the trademark, the Wordpress Foundation does. Losing a lawsuit to WP Engine would not change that.
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Re:Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charl... by anon7000 on Thursday October 03, 2024 @12:48AM (#41727473)
I think it was explained elsewhere, but Automattic has the commercial trademark rights, partly because they owned the trademark before the WP foundation was created.
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