In order to get support at work regarding this, I decided to do some digging, and it turns out, looking at archive.org, that the company in question or at least the domain in question - has been used to mean "python internet" or "python internet services" off and on since 1998.
It's also been called cheapnet, and various other things in its early days by the looks of things. The blog description is slightly inaccurate in saying that the company in question have only just started using the name - they appear to have used the name off and on for 15 years. This doesn't mean to say that the trademark application has merit - it doesn't - I first did a python tutorial around 15 years ago, and there were published books etc at the time, but it doesn't help to say "they've just started using this", when that's not really quite the case. The question I'd personally have (which is unclear from the domain name) is whether this is the same company today (through acquisition or merger) as the company from 1998? (I still think the trademark application hasn't got any merit, but given the fact they came back to use the same name over a period of years, I can see what probably led them to think (incorrectly) they could/should try to get it) Michael.
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