I think a programmer might well do a better job than a lawyer. Some years ago, Mozilla decided to relaunch their browser under the name "Firebird". That was a

I think a programmer might well do a better job than a lawyer. Some years ago, Mozilla decided to relaunch their browser under the name "Firebird". That was a poor choice of name, because there was already a free-software database using it. There was a kerfuffle about it for some time before Mozilla switched to the (much better) name "Firefox". During that period, the Mozilla lawyer running the show (one Mitchell Baker) was insistent that there was no reason to change because their legal advice was that they weren't infringing on any trademarks. A programmer might have realised earlier that trademark law isn't the only relevant consideration in a situation like this (consider, for example, what `apt-get install firebird` is going to do).