[wordofx]

LOL if Matt went to court about the trademark it would get laughed out. It’s not sound at all.

[tptacek]

Do you do a lot of trademark litigation work? (I'm asking because there are people on HN who are professionally familiar with this subject.)

[nightowl_games]

I'm also not a lawyer but it also sounds not sound. The "enforcement" of the WordPress trademark is so completely chaotic that it seems clear Matt is just using it as a weapon to extort companies he thinks he's entitled to.

WPEngine may very well be doing something wrong, but WordPress needs a clearer license with which to attack them with