Comments on: Consumer evangelists vs. lawyers: using “WordPress” in domain names

By: Wordpress Legality Issues | Wordpress Themer

Wordpress Legality Issues | Wordpress Themer — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:05:59 +0000

[...] large customer base? Probably not – but the risk is all yours. I know the fella’s at WPGarage were in the same boat, and quickly changed to the WP [...]

By: KatieB

KatieB — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:58:20 +0000

I work for a firm that develops websites, and one platform we use is WordPress. We build clients sites on test servers using dummy domain names. One we purchased has our firms initials and ‘wordpress’ in it. We have the install set up so search engines won’t index it (why would we want it to if we are building sites on it?).

I do, however, get on WordPress.org and ask for help (like many thousands of others) and of course most of the time it is helpful if you post the domain name so they can see the site. It is the ONLY place on the internet the link gets posted, and the themes never have content on them (save for the plug-in that creates fake content).

I have been ‘chewed out’ a few times “You are infringing on the WP trademark!!!!” :-\ I’m not even putting CONTENT on the site, were only use this domain to build themes and test plug-ins or test new versions of WordPress.

So… how ‘illegal’ is that?

By: Leaf

Leaf — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:41:39 +0000

Hey Miriam. Do you, or does anyone else know, how detailed the Tradmark issue is with WordPress – they’re promoting “wp” as an alternate variation, but waht about variations like “wpress”, or “wordp”

By: WP Content Plugins

WP Content Plugins — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:55:56 +0000

Thanks god i did not bought the domain in which i was going to include the word “WordPress”.
Thanks for this article.

By: Using WordPress in Your Domain Name? Don’t! « Lorelle on WordPress

Using WordPress in Your Domain Name? Don’t! « Lorelle on WordPress — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:46:54 +0000

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By: Don’t Use Wordpres keyword in the domain

Don’t Use Wordpres keyword in the domain — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:58:06 +0000

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Hot Posts: StrictlyOnlineBiz’s Top Blog Posts Of The Week — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:03:04 +0000

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By: Using Wordpress In domain Name

Using Wordpress In domain Name — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:21:05 +0000

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By: WordPressGarage.com now on WPGarage.com, and how to move a domain with a 301 redirect on WordPress | WP Garage

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:31:31 +0000

[...] about third-party sites that use the word “WordPress” in their domain name. We posted our opinion on this issue since WP Garage has been running (until yesterday) on a domain with the [...]

By: How embarrassing! | realtorsonwordpress.com

How embarrassing! | realtorsonwordpress.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:11:02 +0000

[...] researching the issue I came across this very interesting post on the very subject which drew a couple of very pointed comments from Matt Mullenweg himself (seems [...]