NYT are being massive banana splits and taking legal action against the guy who runs spin off Worldle. (No, not that worldle, the other one.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrr5ee5zv8oThe owner of the hit online game Wordle is legally challenging a geography-based spinoff called Worldle.
In the filing, the New York Times, which purchased Wordle for a seven figure sum in 2022, accuses its near-namesake of "creating confusion" and attempting to capitalise on "the enormous goodwill” associated with its own brand.
But the creator of Worldle, software developer Kory McDonald, is vowing to fight back on the grounds that there are many other games with similar titles.
“There's a whole industry of [dot]LE games,” he told the BBC.
“Wordle is about words, Worldle is about the world, Flaggle is about flags," he pointed out.
The New York Times disagrees.
Worldle is “nearly identical in appearance, sound, meaning, and imparts the same commercial impression to… Wordle,” it says in its legal document.
