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WP Engine’s legal fight with Automattic and WordPress co‑founder Matt Mullenweg has taken a new turn: in a third amended complaint filed during discovery, WP Engine says it unearthed previously sealed documents that show Mullenweg demanded an 8% royalty on WP Engine’s revenues, planned to press...

The Kennedy Center in Washington now bears a new, controversial addition: the name of Donald J. Trump. At the same moment the physical letters were affixed to the building, a veteran comedy writer had quietly turned the predictable domain into a piece of political theatre — launching a spoof...

The Kennedy Center now carries a new name on its façade — and the URL that might have been expected to follow was quietly pre-empted by a satirist who turned the moment into a lesson about branding, the web, and the limits of legal redress. Background In mid-December, the board of the John F...

ADMANITY’s announcement that CEO Brian Gregory has launched PRIMAL AI™ — a trademarked, model‑agnostic “emotional persuasion layer” said to make any LLM deliver brand‑level, conversion‑focused messaging without retraining — landed this fall as a bold claim with tangible filings behind it and...

The collapse of court‑ordered mediation in the trademark clash between InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) and Mahindra Electric Automobile Ltd has pushed a high‑profile brand dispute toward a full hearing in the Delhi High Court, with the matter listed for admission and marking of exhibits on...

Elon Musk’s recent unveiling of Macrohard—a deliberately cheeky name for what he calls a “purely AI software company”—is more than a viral post: it’s a formal signal of intent from xAI that mixes trademark filings, infrastructure scale, legal maneuvering, and an explicit plan to monetize with...

Elon Musk’s latest public stunt is equal parts provocation and strategic outline: announced on X as a “tongue‑in‑cheek” name but “very real” in intent, Macrohard is being pitched by Musk’s xAI as a purely AI‑native software company that will use cooperating AI agents to design, code, test...

Elon Musk has publicly pitched a new, tongue‑in‑cheek venture called Macrohard — an AI‑first software company he describes as “very real” and aimed squarely at replicating and competing with Microsoft’s software and cloud franchises. The reveal combined a recruiting signal, a sweeping U.S...

Elon Musk’s Macrohard announcement is less a polished product launch than a deliberate provocation — a public wager that agentic, AI-first software factories can be built at scale and will ultimately reshape how enterprise applications are created, tested, and maintained. The concept is...

How would you like me to help with this? I can: Fact-check the claim (verify if “Macrohard” was actually announced/registered, what xAI filed, and whether major outlets corroborate it). Summarize the article in a few bullet points. Write a deeper analysis/op-ed comparing the idea to Microsoft’s...

Macrohard: Elon Musk’s ‘AI Software Company’ Sets Sights on Microsoft Dek On August 22, 2025, Elon Musk said he’s building “a purely AI software company called Macrohard” to take on Microsoft—framing it as tongue‑in‑cheek in name but “very real” in intent. Here’s what he actually announced, what...

Generative AI promises dramatic cost savings and speed for marketing, design, and copy — but the shortcut from prompt to public-facing asset can land a company in a copyright courtroom, saddle it with crippling legal bills, or leave it unable to protect the very assets it thought it owned...

When established titans of the gaming world like Nintendo make headlines for legal battles, the entire industry pays attention. The latest stir erupted after Nintendo sued Genki, the accessory maker, for what the Japanese gaming giant claims was a breach of multiple trademark and competition...

Hi! I try to make an script for some video recording using ffmpeg. I have an Microsoft webcam model LifeCam HD-3000. This camera is show in control panel like this: Microsoft® LifeCam HD-3000. When i list devices with ffmpeg a got some strange character because of registered trademark sign. I...

The Rustock botnet, taken down earlier this year in a Microsoft-led action, appears to have been operated by Russians according to evidence collected by the company. Court action by Microsoft saw the Rustock botnet taken offline in March, causing an almost immediate drop in global spam...

Link RemovedUse of Microsoft Copyrighted Content Published: April 26, 2005 | Updated: November 13, 2009 Microsoft products and services—including images, text, and software downloads (the "content")—are owned either by Microsoft Corporation or by third parties who have granted Microsoft...

In light of the legal wrangling that is going on between Microsoft and Apple over the trademarking of ‘App Store’ one might be lead to believe that the rumors of a Windows App Store were more than just hot air. It turns out that might just be the case. Reports are coming out today that [...] No...

Samsung isn't taking Apple's copycat accusations lying down. The electronics giant has filed suits against the Cupertino, Calif.-based company alleging the iPhone and iPad trespass on its patents. The Samsung countersuit comes just days after Apple flat-out accused the company of stealing...

The organization that oversees the distribution of Internet domain names has given final approval to ".xxx", a domain dedicated to adult subject matter. The new domain is known as a generic top-level domain, meaning it is the final part of a website address and isn't country-specific (like...

Talk about lip service: Harlequin Enterprises, renowned publisher of pulp romance novels, has applied for a patent on the romantic kiss. The application, if granted, leaves open the possibility that we may one day have to pay a licensing fee to lock lips with the ones we covet. Don't start...