Novalith, this has happened to me a few times. I got my name from Phalanx, because i though Phalanx was spelled like Phalnax at first. It does get annoying when people say you spelled your name wrong.
Also in Lord of the Rings:BFMEII: ROTWK, I named my hero Lindor, and when the expansion pack came out, Lindor happened to be a place. People think i stole that too. I Pride myself on being orginal.
That new game Universe At War:Earth Assault (War of the Worlds look-alike) stole the name of a game i want to make. I had Universal War name since 7 years ago. Now i must change cause of those stealersat Petroglyph. If i ever make that game people will say, i wonder where you got hte name. Hate that too.
Good luck in getting the name changed.
The Phalnax thing is not the same. It only occurs because people assume your dumb, and they aren't. I never even noticed.
Lindor was most likly a place BEFORE you took the name, since they are claiming to be as true to LTOR as they can. That's more like my Razlo mistake.
As for the game name thing, I have nothing to say to that.
In my own defense, I was a poster here before that name came out. I would love to help them think of a new one, but I can't because I don't know how the weapon works. To be honest I am probably being over dramatic about the whole thing. Who can say how popular SoaSE will be? I may never even hear about it at all.
It was just weird reading the artical. It was the first thing that jumped out at me immediatly and kind of unnerved me a little. While I would be happy if the name changed, I can easily understand why that is so very unlikly.