I understand why Anthropic used the name “Department of War” in their public communication. They want to be friendly to the people who like that name. But what the heck is it doing in an official court document? That’s not the entity’s legal name. It would be like if I sued IBM and named them “Big Blue” in my suit.

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jmward01 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I can't wait for them to ignore the order because they weren't legally named in it. "What order? We are the DOD. No idea who the DOW is."

	▲	wat10000 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Their desire to screw with people is going to be in serious conflict with their desire to convince everyone their new name is real.
	▲	enoint 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Or for Anthropic Claude to become Anthwopic Mad Dog Murdock.

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master-lincoln 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

seems it is an official second title now according to https://www.war.gov/Brand-Guide/#:~:text=Use%20of%20Name,-In

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wat10000 2 days ago | parent [-]

The legal name can only be changed by Congress. An executive order doesn’t override that.

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halJordan 2 days ago | parent [-]

I don't understand what you don't understand.

Congress has legislated that the departments may establish monikers. The dod established a moniker. It's an official and legal second name. It's fine to use the moniker.

	▲	wat10000 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		First I've heard of it. I can't find anything backing that up, can you provide a link or name the law?

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mistrial9 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

maybe Judge Lin is showing that she does get where they are coming from..

	▲	nutjob2 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe Judge Lin thinks the name used is irrelevant and doesn't want to distract from the relevant parts of the judgement. Or it may be the convention of using the name that the plaintiff or defendant has given themselves.