Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to Automattic asking its CEO to stop publicly trashing WP Engine, now Automattic has sent its own cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, saying the latter has infringed several trademarks like WordPress and WooCommerce.

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks. Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to Automattic asking its CEO to stop publicly trashing WP Engine,

Hosting provider WP Engine has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic over Matt Mullenweg's derogatory remarks on the company.

Cease'n'desist letter claims top boss demanded tens of millions for trademark license WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease and desist letter to WordPress maker Automattic, to force the latter's CEO Matthew Mullenweg to stop making allegedly false and misleading claims about WP Engine following a purported trademark license demand.

WP Engine C&D cites Mullenweg's "coercive threats" of "scorched earth nuclear approach" if tens of millions of dollars not paid

Mullenweg, who co-created WordPress, last week criticized WP Engine for raking in profits without giving much back to the open source project.