> > Surely Apache has run into this before, no? > > Yup. For example Microsoft has Avalon, and Sony has Cocoon. But our > projects are "Apache Avalon" and "Apache Cocoon". > > So it's not *strictly* necessary to change the name, but why > risk when > you don't have a brand to protect anyhow.
Is it possible for a company to register a name which is used by others in the same domain earlier? E.g. if Apache uses "Ant" for years; can Microsoft register that name for another neat tool now? Jan
