New York Times Files Lawsuit Over Similarity of Popular Games

It was one of the great comforts of isolation, but now Wordle is embroiled in a legal dispute with a game of a similar name.

Guardian the newspaper reports that Wordle’s owner, New York Timesfiled a lawsuit against Kory McDonald, creator of Worldle, a challenge that involved guessing a location based on Google street photos.

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NYT claims this is causing confusion among subscribers due to the similarity in appearance and title of the two games. However, McDonald told the BBC that they are very different: “Wordle is about words, Worldle is about the world, Flaggle is about flags.”

Guardian cites the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which states: “Trademarks need not be identical to be confused with like.”

Wordle – a deceptively simple challenge of six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with a new puzzle every day – was developed in 2021 by Josh Wardle to keep his partner entertained during the long months of isolation. It was bought by New York Times in 2022 for a reported seven-figure sum.

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