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Automattic planned to target 10 competitors with royalty fees, WP Engine claims in new filing
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-12 19:02
Web hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint with brow-raising new allegations in its ongoing legal battle with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic (WordPress.com’s parent company). The company now claims that Mullenweg intended to target 10 different hosting companies with royalty payments for their use of the WordPress trademark and tried to get payment processor Stripe to cancel its contract with WP Engine. At the heart of the dispute, Mullenweg believes WP ...