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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months ago

Hello Matt this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shit

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Hello Matt this is your lawer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep posting this shit

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 8 months ago
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    WP was explicitly not a trademarked term

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      I haven’t stumpled upon anything that complained about the use of the letters WP.

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        What do you think the trademark claim against WPEngine is exactly?

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          New blog smell, most likely

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          Here you go

          • https://automattic.com/2024/wp-engine-cease-and-desist.pdf
          • https://automattic.com/2024/wp-engine-cease-and-desist-exhibits.pdf
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            @smpl @db0 yeah, which has 0 legs to stand on. Hence the question about nominative use …

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              There does seem to be confusion among WPEngine customers from exhibit document. Whether they are in violation of the trademark or not is up to a judge to decide on. WPEngine have recently been doing a lot of changes on their website to clarify that they are not Wordpress. That does not automatically make them in violation, but it indicates that there were areas where they could have been more clear in their communication to customers.

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