Samplin Declaration
đź”— **Source:** [Samplin Declaration](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.302.3.pdf)
> [!note]+ Document Notes
> # ⚖️ WP Engine v. Automattic — Dkt. 302.3: RFP excerpts (Samplin Decl. Ex. 2) — ACF damages/causation requests
> **Case:** WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc., Matthew Mullenweg, WooCommerce Inc. & WordPress Foundation — N.D. Cal. No. 4:24-cv-06917-AMO (Judge Araceli MartĂnez-OlguĂn; discovery before Mag. J. Ajay S. Krishnan). Late-May-2026 discovery-phase filing (fact discovery closed May 14, 2026).
> **Filing:** Discovery-request excerpts · attached to Samplin declaration · May 2026
> ## Summary
> Excerpts of Defendants' Requests for Production the missing ACF records respond to — RFP Nos. 13, 15, 59, 77, 105, 108, 109, 113, 124 — covering lost sales/customers, total revenues/costs/profits since 2014, financial performance before/after Silver Lake's controlling purchase, customer-retention records, ACF-mark advertising, and consumer-perception surveys of the ACF/SCF marks.
> ## Key points
> - RFP 59 ties financial performance to Silver Lake's acquisition of WPE.
> - RFPs 105/108/109/113 go to trademark use and consumer perception of the ACF and Secure Custom Fields marks.
> - RFP 124 targets WPE's complaint ¶448 allegation that it 'suffered harm.'
> ## 🏛️ WordPress governance significance
> Maps exactly which business records the WordPress side believes will undercut WPE's ACF-harm story — a roadmap to the causation dispute.
> ## đź”— Part of
> Exhibit to Dkt. 302 ACF letter brief.
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