Hacker News with Generative AI: Trademarks

Regarding our Cease and Desist letter to Automattic (wpfusion.com)
On October 12th we sent a cease and desist letter to Automattic and WordPress.com regarding the unauthorized use of the WP Fusion trademark on .com's private mirror of the WordPress plugin repository. Automattic has responded and agreed to take down the listing. Here's a bit of background on why we filed the C&D, and the outcome.
Legal Issues, Trademarks, WordPress, Software
152 points by kemayo 33 days ago | 51 comments
Hasbro's Trademark for the Smell of Play-Doh (2018) (uspto.gov)
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Trademarks, Toys, Hasbro, Intellectual Property
46 points by popcalc 51 days ago | 53 comments
Open Source, Trademarks, and WP Engine (automattic.com)
Yesterday, Automattic sent the following cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, outlining WP Engine’s pattern of unauthorized usage of the WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks and demanding that WP Engine stop such behavior.
Open Source, Legal, Trademarks, WordPress
61 points by westi 58 days ago | 48 comments
Crayola Trademarks the Smell of Its Crayons (bloomberg.com)
Trademarks, Crayola, Intellectual Property, Business, Consumer Products
11 points by impish9208 90 days ago | 5 comments