WordPress Trademark Donated to WordPress Foundation

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1. quicoto (39 comments.) says:

   9/10/2010 at 1:52 am

   Big step for Automattic.
2. Matt (1 comments.) says:

   9/12/2010 at 10:07 am

   Thank you, Automatic, that’s a classy thing you’ve done. You could’ve exploited your holding for personal gain but you took the high road. Thank you! All WordPress users are sincerely grateful for your contribution!
3. drmike (7 comments.) says:

   9/16/2010 at 8:40 am

   A quick check of the US trademark database at http://uspto.gov shows no transfer has been made. The trademark is still held by Automattic. You may want to verify your sources.
   • James Huff (62 comments.) says:

     9/16/2010 at 12:08 pm

     Considering that my sources were Matt Mullenweg and Jane Wells, both Automattic and WordPress Foundation leaders, and that it can take anywhere from two weeks to a year for the Trademark Office to complete a transfer request, I’m inclined to believe my sources. Also, I fail to see the reason for why a company built on the back of open source and WordPress itself would lie about something like this. They’d have absolutely nothing to gain.
4. WpHey (21 comments.) says:

   9/19/2010 at 12:17 am

   It’s good for both WordPress and Automattic, I think.

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