Re:Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charl...
by glzone1 on Thursday October 03, 2024 @05:52PM
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How is it even legal for wordpress.org (a public nonprofit) to take these actions on behalf of a for profit?
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Re:Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charl...
by ValentineC on Thursday October 03, 2024 @06:14PM
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> How is it even legal for wordpress.org (a public nonprofit) to take these actions on behalf of a for profit?
There are three (or more) entities using the WordPress name now and confusing the heck out of a bunch of commenters, all of them controlled by Matt:
- The WordPress Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and the owner of the WordPress trademark.
- WordPress.com/Automattic is the company suing and being sued, and the exclusive commercial licensee of the trademark. They also pay people to work on the Foundation, and on WordPress.org.
- WordPress.org is a website personally run by Matt [1], through another company he owns called Mobius Ltd.