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Judge Signals Support for WP Engine Injunction
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said she was “inclined to grant some sort of injunction” but described WP Engine’s proposed order as “exceedingly vague,” making it difficult to enforce.
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WordPress.org Forks ACF Pro in Unprecedented Move Against WP Engine
Matt Mullenweg’s latest move in his battle with WP Engine raises questions about an open-source project seemingly endorsing the forking and redistribution of premium plugins without compensation or acknowledgment, potentially violating the GPL.
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Analysis of WP Engine Data Sparks Debate as Automattic Disputes Leak Claims
Web developer Dumitru Brinzan’s analysis reveals key trends in themes, plugins, and site management among WP Engine customers, and has drawn mixed reactions.
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PressConf to Reunite WordPress Business Community in Arizona
Veteran WordCamp Phoenix organizer Raquel Manriquez is honouring Pressnomics with her own take on the much-loved business event.
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WP Engine Expands Legal Fight Against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg with Antitrust Claims
WP Engine claims Automattic and Mullenweg have “willfully acquired and maintained” monopoly power in the WordPress ecosystem, impacting CMSs, hosting services, custom fields plugins, and plugin distribution.
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Automattic’s New ‘WP Engine Tracker’ Site Fuels Ongoing Tensions with WP Engine
WP Engine has asked Automattic to shut down the site, which offers a downloadable list of all the domains the company hosts, including staging sites.
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Festinger Vault Crowdfunding Legal Battle With Automattic After Contentious Site’s Shutdown
The founder behind the contentious site that sells nulled plugin and themes is aiming to raise €10,000 to cover costs for the next court hearing on November 27.
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Automattic and Mullenweg Move to Dismiss Majority of WP Engine’s Claims in Lawsuit
Automattic and Mullenweg have also requested that parts of WP Engine’s complaint related to Mullenweg’s public commentary about the company be struck under California’s anti-SLAPP law.
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Automattic removes WP Fusion Lite from WordPress.com after trademark dispute
Automattic has removed the WP Fusion Lite plugin from WordPress.com after its developer, Jack Arturo, accused the company of trademark infringement.
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WP Engine Files Injunction to Halt Mullenweg’s Attacks and Regain Access to WordPress.org
WP Engine has filed a preliminary injunction in a U.S. court to stop Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg’s public attacks and restore the hosting company’s access to WordPress.org.
