A dumb question If tobasco was already the name of a Chile why does McIlhenny's own the rights to the name ?? I can see if the restaurant used McIlhennys tobasco sauce as a name I'm reminded of the red Savina Habanero patent, where the terms Red and Habanero had to be dropped because there was a red habanero already in production Kinda like Monsanto wanting to Patent Soil B.