Alright @TheAstroPub, I'm going to have to civilly debate you on this. CIG said years ago we're going to be able to name our ships, and original backers would have first picks of the names. Not sure how long ago that's was but it was before I became an active player so 3+ years?
I had an issue as soon as I heard about it. It screams “bad marking ploy” and it limits/over complicates something that should be easy! Every ship should have a unique identifier, ship names should be whatever the owners want.