Friday, WordPress-producer Autoer submitted its counterclaims At Lawsuit started by wp engine hosting company At October 2024who has been accused of automatism and CEO, CEO Matt Mullenweg of defamation and abuse of power. Believe WP engine has misused the WordPress trademark and has engaged in deceptive marketing practices, without giving back to the open source community.
As a result, the automation took action against the WP engine last year, which included Call hosting providers are “cancer to WordPress” and sent a stop-and-village A letter claiming WP engine has violated the trademark usage rules. As the Battle continues, Automatic prohibited wp engine from accessing WordPresse.org resources and trying to negotiate a license deal with the host. Says Automatis says the company is dipping, negotiating in bad faith.
WP Engine eventually collected automattic, describing itself as a victim of the Mullenweg attack. But in Automathi’s instructions from the event, after Silver Lake invested $ 250 million, the wp engine used from the trademark violation by calling “wordpress technology company” and creating an interlocutor. “
Notes Authi Authi Auto also launched products with names like “WordPress Core” and “WordPress,” and claims customers that they have committed 5% of their resources to support the WordPress ecosystem. Speaking of Automatis, it never delivers on its promises.
In addition, trademark infringement must be intentional and only “pretended to enforce licensing discussions, but actually delayed and planned in bad faith,” he said. Believe this because paying the license fee will affect the income and value of WP, and therefore, the return of Silver Lake.
This should also be Lake Silver trying to kill WP Engine for $ 2 billion, but could not find a buyer. Interestingly, the filing says it “includes” Autoat Overtures. ”
It also claims that WP Engine is harming the consumer experience and product quality in an effort to cut costs during this period by removing important features.