Of course IBM has rights to use “The Weather Channel” name for some of the products of “The Weather Company”.
They changed the name to “The Weather Company” about 2 years ago.
Prior to that, it was literally and legally “The Weather Channel” and was owned by IBM.
Yea, there were two companies using the same name. One of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen.
When the Cable channel stated they were going to start a weather app named “The Weather Channel” is when things got changed. IBM changed the name to “The Weather Company” and the cable channel agreed not to create an app. IBM got the rights to “The Weather Channel” for app usage.