WordPress.com owner Automattic Inc. and its CEO must restore a third-party software developer’s access while its lawsuit accusing the blogging platform of leveraging trademark law to extort tens of millions of dollars progresses.
WPEngine Inc. convinced Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin that Automattic and CEO Matthew Mullenweg’s alleged onslaught against the company is causing irreparable harm to its business and reputation, according to an order issued Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
There is “ample evidence” that Automattic and Mullenweg’s actions immediately preceded negative effects to WPE, including customers declining to purchase accounts due the legal …
