The WordPress Foundation suffered a setback in its attempt to trademark the phrases ‘Managed WordPress’ and ‘Hosted WordPress,’ which could have allowed them to demand licensing fees for their use. An ...

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks. Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to ...

The trademark applications for the two hosting related phrases are dated July 12, 2024 and lists the WordPress Foundation as the applicant of the trademarks on the phrases “Managed WordPress” and ...

A storm is fast approaching the WordPress community, as a controversy involving the WordPress Foundation and Themeforest creator Envato has left all participating Themeforest merchants banned from ...

Automattic Inc. and its founder have been sued by a WordPress hosting company that alleges an extortion scheme to extract payments for use of the trademark for the open source WordPress software.

Unprotected.org successfully petitions USPTO against the application for Hosted WordPress and Managed WordPress However this is not an absolute denial for the trademarks Move leads some to call Matt ...

The community around WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. At the core is a fight between WordPress' co-creator ...

CEO Marenweg and Mike Little developed WordPress as a fork of b2/cafelog. After dropping out of college in 2004, CEO Marenweg continued developing WordPress and founded Automattic in December 2005. As ...