In just a matter of months, millions of word-puzzlers have turned>Nothing to worry about
Media outlets like The Daily Mail and the New York Post, along with social media users, have called out the similarities between Wordle and "Lingo" in recent weeks, with some even wondering aloud if the popular new game is infringing on the game show's copyright, or if Wardle and The New York Times could have legal trouble coming down the pike.
Bruce Boyden is a professor at Marquette University Law School who specializes in copyright and internet law. He doesn't think Wardle or The New York Times should be overly concerned about a potential copyright infringement lawsuit.
"They probably don't have anything there to worry about," Boyden says.
The main reason for this, he explains, is that games — from online games like Wordle, to board games and even video games — are notoriously difficult to patent or copyright because of how they are viewed in terms of intellectual property [IP] law.
