Can other shows have an 'Enterprise' if it's not USS?

[cultcross]

Arguably, it wouldn't even need to be since Enterprise was used for ship names long before Star Trek or even the 20th century

So silly of me but it sounded like you're suggesting not all science fiction has to be an exact analogue of the US armed forces. Crazy talk, of course.

 

[Gov Kodos]

So silly of me but it sounded like you're suggesting not all science fiction has to be an exact analogue of the US armed forces. Crazy talk, of course.

I am given to understand UKanians had such ships.

 

[Takeru]

Actually, yes, they do own the name. They have absolute control over any fictional starship called USS Enterprise.

I'd like to see a source for that. They obviously trademarked the name for many uses which would complicate things but I've never heard of any corporation actually owning a name itself, that doesn't seem possible.

 

[Ithekro]

There is always "HMS Enterprise"

 

[Kirby]

Carter: Yeah. Sir, we can’t call it the Enterprise.
O’Neill: Why not?

Of course when this site had a Stargate thread, its tag line was “We can’t call it the Enterprise thread”.
I enjoyed that.

 

[MacLeod]

There is always "HMS Enterprise"

And I know it might be crazy talk but that name was in use before the USA even existed. And there is a current ship called HMS Enterprise