>Most recently, Automattic attempted to claim it owns the word “automatic.”

What is wrong with these people?

gkoberger an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I was curious what this meant, so I looked into it.

Automatic.css is a paid CSS framework specifically for WordPress.

Legally speaking I have no opinion here, but I don't think it's as out-of-pocket as it sounds.

	▲	hermitcrab 43 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The article linked ( https://www.404media.co/automattic-automatic-trademark-matt-... ) is behind a paywall. But reading https://www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-disputes-use-... it sounds like the claim 'Automattic attempted to claim it owns the word “automatic"' might not be accurate.
	▲	BeetleB 30 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		404 Media usually has fairly shoddy journalism. Take everything they say with a grain of salt.

wmf an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

That's how you can tell the article isn't giving you the full picture.