Topic: legal battle
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Fortnite Returns to Google Play Store on Android
Fortnite is now available for direct download on the Google Play Store in the U.S., ending a five-year period where users had to sideload the app. This reinstatement results from Google complying with a U.S. court injunction related to Epic Games' lawsuit against its app store policies. The retur...
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Automattic Countersues WP Engine in WordPress Trademark Battle
Automattic has countersued WP Engine for systematic trademark abuse and deceptive marketing, alleging exploitation of the WordPress brand without meaningful contributions to the open-source community. The legal filing claims WP Engine engaged in prolonged negotiations without genuine intent to ag...
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GTA 6 Developers Strike Outside Rockstar Demanding Jobs Back
Rockstar Games fired dozens of employees, officially for "gross misconduct" due to alleged leaks, but the workers claim it was retaliation for their unionization efforts and are protesting for reinstatement. The terminated developers were part of a union drive that had reached a legal threshold f...
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Operation Bluebird Aims to Revive Twitter's 'Abandoned' Trademarks
A startup named Operation Bluebird has petitioned to cancel X Corp.'s "Twitter" and "Tweet" trademarks, arguing the company abandoned them after rebranding to "X," and has applied to use the name for a new social platform. The legal challenge cites U.S. trademark abandonment rules, but experts no...
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