NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum competition

Re:NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum compet... by Dracophoenix on Friday July 29, 2022 @07:00AM (#32275426)

Are the words "Dilithium" and "Kyber" trademarked/copyrighted? Lucasfilm owns the copyright one for the word "droid". I would think anything to do with the EU/Legends would also have a trademark or copyright on it.

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Re:NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum compet... by dwringer on Friday July 29, 2022 @09:51AM (#32276856)

Dilithium is a compound comprised by molecules of two covalently-bonded Lithium atoms, and Kyber is a romanization of the greek root for "cyber", so they are relatively safe from litigation. "Droid" was a deliberate alternative to "android" coined specifically for the Star Wars franchise. At least AFAIK, so the argument goes.

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Re:NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum compet... by Dracophoenix on Friday July 29, 2022 @10:01AM (#32276985)

Thank you. That sounds like reasonable answer.

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Re:NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum compet... by yakak on Friday July 29, 2022 @08:54AM (#32276237)

Is Lucasfilms in the cryptography trade?

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Re:NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum compet... by amalcon on Friday July 29, 2022 @09:07AM (#32276327)

A quick search indicates that there are a bunch of companies named "Dilithium". There are also several chemical compounds with "Dilithium" in their names.

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Re:NIST announces preliminary winners of post-quantum compet... by teddyh on Friday July 29, 2022 @10:39AM (#32277516)

AFAIK, single words cannot be copyrighted, only trademarked.

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