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WordPress Foundation Wins More Domain Disputes

May 5, 2016 by Michele Neylon

WordPress powers a very large proportion of the web these days, so in terms of “brand” it’s very strong.

So it’s not that surprising that the WordPress Foundation has formulated a strong, yet clear, trademark policy. Short version – you can’t use the term “wordpress”, but you can use things like “wp”:

Under no circumstances is it permitted to use WordPress or WordCamp as part of a top-level domain name

And this is not an idle statement – they actively defend their position and have and will pursue companies or individuals who infringe their rights.

Here are two recent cases involving three domains:

WordPress Foundation v. Renoo Menard (wordpresswebsitecare.com)

WordPress Foundation v. Karl Delgadillo / Creative Web Design 123 (wordpress-toronto.com,wordpress-support.com)

You could go off and read the decisions, but they’re very straightforward.

Moral of the story – don’t be stupid – WordPress will win the UDRP.

Filed Under: udrp Tagged With: Automattic, Content management system, udrp, wordpress

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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