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Wordle in legal row with geography spinoff, Worldle
- supermatt 2y agoMaybe the NYT haven’t heared of Scrabble or Boggle?
- gklitz 2y agoNeither of those are typosquatters of the other, and NYT didn’t name their game “Scralbble” for good reason.
- WWWMMMWWW 2y agoThe NYT didn't name the game. "In the filing, the New York Times, which purchased Wordle for a seven figure sum in 2022"
- iamevn 2y agoI don't think it's at all reasonable to say that https://worldledaily.com/ https://worldledaily.com/ is typosquatting https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
- isomorphic- 2y agoIMO the NYT goes too far with its copyright/trademark claims. A few months ago several small-time amateur hobbyist Wordle-clone GitHub repositories were deleted due to NYT DMCA takedowns.
- metadat 2y ago"But if You Don't Defend Your Trademark You Might Lose It!" - The 'Safety Lawyer' Who Never Gets Fired Or Laid Off
- noitpmeder 2y agoI mean isn't that how it actually works?
- reaperman 2y agoConsidering I read this headline as "Wordle in legal row with geography spinoff, Wordle" ... I think this is an entirely valid trademark dispute. Yes, NYT goes too far with copyright/trademark claims, but this one seems like an issue where reasonable minds could disagree.
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- marssaxman 2y agoThis kind of selfish behavior makes me want to stop playing Wordle.
- willf 2y agoI had to take down my wordle10.com website (a 10 letter version of Wordle).
- cr125rider 2y agoThe NYT is more lawyers than journalism at this point.
- AstroJetson 2y agoIt's - Executives - Lawyers - Accountants - 4 guys running IT - 3 writers - part time fact checker The Grey Lady is now in hospice, just a matter of time when the 2024 campaign money dries up.