WP Engine’s lawyers have issued a cease and desist letter to Automattic after the latter's CEO criticized the company for ...

Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to Automattic asking its CEO to stop publicly trashing WP Engine, now Automattic has sent its own cease-and ...

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case ...

Mullenweg, who first began publicly criticizing WP Engine in September, has also accused the hosting service of misusing the ...

Is this really where Mullenweg wanted to go? Yes, it is. WP-Engine was not amused and fired off a cease-and-desist letter to Mullenweg and Automattic demanding they withdraw their comments. The ...

The spat snowballed dramatically in the following weeks, with WP Engine sending Mullenweg and Automatic a cease-and-desist letter and Mullenweg cutting WP Engine off from WordPress resources.

In reply, WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist letter to Mullenweg and Automattic, asking them to withdraw their comments. It also said that its use of the WordPress trademark was covered under fair use.