[seanhunter]

I would be pretty astonished if the complainer manages to get the trademark they think they have on "swarms" enforced. People have been using the word "swarm" in connection with simulations of various kinds for as long as I have been interested in simulations (I mean I think I first heard the word swarm in connection with a simulation in relation to something done by the santa fe institute in the 80s if memory serves correctly - it's been a long time).[1]

Most likely outcome is if they try to actually pursue this they lose their "trademark" and the costs drive them out of business.

[1] I didn't misremember https://www.swarm.org/wiki/Swarm:Software_main_page

[sunnybeetroot]

You may be interested in seeing a reply by the creator in these comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41819866

[seanhunter]

Yeah I saw it after posting my thing. So cool to have folks like that on this forum.

[Quizzical4230]

Are they trying to advertise swarm.ai?

Bad press is still press XD