These pages describe the process to follow: https://infra.apache.org/project-names.html and https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/naming.html
as required, have created an issue with the relevant evidence:
PODLINGNAMESEARCH-201 - Getting issue details... STATUS
To summarize:
- there is one defunct, barely used (8 years since last commit, 54 commits in total) framework on github that did overlap in intent (rapid web development) ... - think it's safe to ignore
- there is a company called "Causeway Technologies" who have lots of trademarks and provide a software solution in the Civil Engineering vertical - I think that is domain specific whereas our framework is a generic platform, so doesn't compete
- there is a trademark for game software - doesn't compete
- there is a trademark for sensor software - doesn't compete
As per the ASF process, the above ticket will in due course be discussed on trademarks@apache.org , hope they agree that it there is no meaningful risk of confusion.