Remember Lycos ? Well, believe it or not, they're not dead yet. In fact, the search engine / web portal has just announced that it has regained the rights to use the trademarked brand names "Lycos" and "Hotbot" within the European territory. In case that confuses you: Lycos Europe had an exclusive license to use those terms within Europe under an agreement dating back to 1997 when the company was formed as part of a joint venture and started up European operations independently from Lycos.