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Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement | TechCrunch

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WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent cease-and-desist notice to Automattic over infringement of its trademarks.

The letter comes a day after the WordPress community slammed WP Engine for profiting off the open-source project.

In the last week , the CEO of WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg accused WP Engine of not contributing enough to the community and offering “a cheap knock-off” version of WordPress .

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