Exhibit a Filed Under Seal  🔗 **Source:** [Exhibit a Filed Under Seal](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.295.2.pdf) > [!note]+ Document Notes > # ⚖️ WP Engine v. Automattic — Dkt. 295.2: Exhibit A — WooCommerce interrogatory response (trademark policy) > **Case:** WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc., Matthew Mullenweg, WooCommerce Inc. & WordPress Foundation — N.D. Cal. No. 4:24-cv-06917-AMO (Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín; discovery before Mag. J. Ajay S. Krishnan). Late-May-2026 discovery-phase filing (fact discovery closed May 14, 2026). > **Filing:** Interrogatory response exhibit (large) · By: WooCommerce > ## Summary > WooCommerce's response reproducing its public trademark policy: permitted nominative uses of the WooCommerce Marks (truthful description, news/articles, linking, compatibility statements) and prohibited uses (implying sponsorship/endorsement, disparagement, trading on goodwill, advertising) absent a license — published at woocommerce.com/trademarkguidelines. > ## Key points > - Defines WooCommerce's claimed trademark rights and use boundaries. > - Directly relevant to the trademark counterclaims against WPE. > ## 🏛️ WordPress governance significance > Codifies how Automattic/WooCommerce polices use of the marks — a concrete artifact of trademark governance over the ecosystem. > ## 🔗 Part of > Exhibit to Dkt. 295 interrogatory dispute. Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/458640485), Exhibit a Filed Under Seal, storage.courtlistener.com, 01ksftr5j5mjfmfjxe2ny0fa9g.