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Phoenix Project Considers A Name Change

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-anka-or-pheng dept.

Magpie writes "Recently Blake Ross, a developer of the Phoenix web browser, has made a post on the Mozillazine forums looking for a new name for the project. Apparently the people over at Phoenix Technologies decided that the name interferes with their trademark since they make an 'internet access device .'" Maybe they could start with this list.

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  1. Ho-ho! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ho-Ho/ Ho-Oo
    The name for the Japanese phoenix

    Come on, wouldn't that sound great? "Yeah, you Run Internet Explorer 7.2, but *I* run "Ho ho oh-point-nine".

  2. Has anyone thought of.... by Thomas+A.+Anderson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Minizilla?

    Microzilla?

    Nanozilla?

    Picozilla?

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  3. Christ, what bullshit by dh003i · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ya know, I get sick of this crap. This is exactly why trademark laws as they currently exist are bullshit.

    The Phoenix browser will not be confused with things produced by Phoenix Technologies. And the Mozilla developers certainly didn't name it Phoenix to take advantage of the wide name recognition (sarcasm here) of Phoenix Technologies.

    Trademarks should only come into issue between competing products which are the exact same type of product (i.e., two different web browsers).

    Another case of companies getting in the way of progress.

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    1. Re:Christ, what bullshit by King+of+the+World · · Score: 2, Interesting
      Trademarks should only come into issue between competing products which are the exact same type of product (i.e., two different web browsers
      Duh, they already do. Your trademark only applies over your industry as defined by common knowledge. There is an exception for very popular names, in which trademark applies over all, but this is not the case here.

      Here we have a computer software and hardware company named Phoenix vs another bit of software named Phoenix.

      "Wahh! I should be able to release my McDonalds Panini because when you think about it it's not actually burger!"

      "This is type 6 washer screw -- don't they understand this computely different to a type 4 washer screw??"

      And so on, with distinctions that only people in the industry know, and therefore not being the kind of distinctions that trademark law bothers with.

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  4. hmm... by diesel_jackass · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Mothra?
    Pterodactyl (sp)? Pterry?
    Ostrich?
    Emuzilla?

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  5. Simurg! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I liked Simurg, from that list. Agent of goodwill from the gods, or something like that.

  6. From the list... by Da+VinMan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I vote for "Anka".

    It's just like Phoenix, only it can carry off elephants (read between the lines here). ;+)

    According to the list:
    Anka
    Arctic mythical bird that was said to carry off elephants. It was also believed to live for 1700 years and, like the phoenix, had the ability to burn and renew itself.

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  7. Holy frug... by grytpype · · Score: 3, Interesting

    >Maybe they could start with this list.

    That's actually a good suggestion. Some of those names are pretty bitchen... I especially like:

    Tlanuwa
    Cherokee name of a great magical hawk. According to the Natchez it's feathers were made of metal.

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  8. Anka by Thornae · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I vote for "Anka".

    I second that vote. As well as being a cool mythological bird (like a cross between a phoenix and a roc), it's got a nice phonetic equivalence with "anchor" (as in <a href=etc>).

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  9. there is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Charzilla
    Floatzilla
    Doublezilla
    Slashdotzilla (slashdot claims trademark infring..)
    Bloatzilla
    UnitedBrowser for UnitedLinux :/
    YAWB yet another web browser
    AllYourZillaAreBelongToUs
    Penix
    TuxZill a
    KaZilla
    etc........