In reply to Me.

Have you read his actual trademarks ("thesis" and "thesis theme")?

If anything Automattic were doing with the domain were an infringement, Pearson would take and win an action against them.

You should also read the UDRP Panel's decision. Pearson's action did not fail because "he didn't provide the documented trace route info", that was relevant to only one of the three types of bad faith, all of which would have to be proved to transfer ownership of a domain. In fact, if Automattic had not failed to submit proof that they had purchased the domain, the case would have been instantly decided in their favor, the trace route stuff was really just a minor note explaining why that particular part of Pearson's submission was denied.