> Most recently, Automattic attempted to claim it owns the word “automatic.”
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> He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark.
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> He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark.
Which is not the same thing as claiming the word automatic generally.
Personally it sounds like a loser if they took it to court since (a) automatic is a common word and (b) they already asked automatic.css to add a "not affiliated with word press" disclaimer (which automatic.css did add). IANAL.