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Wordle in legal row with geography spinoff, Worldle

The New York Times, Wordle's owner, accuses similarly-named geography game of "creating confusion."

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 Kody McDonald, is vowing to fight back on the grounds that there are many other games with similar titles. Professor David Levine, a copyright expert at Elon University School of Law, suggested the writing might be on the wall for Mr McDonald's project too.

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