We've witnessed many trademark disputes through the years. Mojang and Bethesda argued over the use of the word "Scrolls", while EA and Ubisoft both wanted the word "Ghost". Turns out the word "Sky" is a sore subject as well.
Hello Games' Shaun Murray has shared this bit of information on his Twitter account: "Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word "Sky"). We can call our game No Man's Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over".
This might sound like a joke to some of you, but don't forget that it was the same British pay-TV provider who forced Microsoft to change the name of their file hosting service from SkyDrive to OneDrive two years ago.
Maybe this is the reason why so many games have generic titles, to avoid legal trouble. We wonder what No Man's Sky would have been called if they couldn't use the word "sky". No Man's Space, Hello Space, or Joe Danger goes Universal?