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		snowwrestler on Oct 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthe... Matt doesn’t own the trademark, the Wordpress Foundation does. Losing a lawsuit to WP Engine would not change that.

anon7000 on Oct 3, 2024 [–]

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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