A very similar thing happened when the folks at flathub tried to package MultiMC. Unfortunately the author threatened to sue for trademark infringement and they backed down.
https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/1978#issuecomment-74...
https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/1978#issuecomment-74...
I'm really astonished with this comparison.