> Firefox used to be called Firebird and changed due to trademark disputes.

It was first called Phoenix, then a trademark dispute forced them to rebrand to Firebird, then a trademark dispute forced them off that name too. Firefox was the third public name for that project. I'm surprised they didn't also get sued by Clint Eastwood[1] and have to change again.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_(film)

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eurleif 6 days ago | parent [-]

Trademark rights are limited based on the category of goods or services. The Phoenix and Firebird disputes were with software companies.

	▲	thyristan 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There was a computer game by that name based on the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_(video_game)
	▲	xp84 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That didn't stop the bastards at Monster Cable from suing everyone who dared utter the M-word for like 2 decades.