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Yes it was. Originally it was called the IChI (IUPAC Chemical Identifier) and in July 2004 was renamed INChI (IUPAC-NIST Chemical Identifier) to acknowledge the development work at NIST. It was renamed again in November 2004 to InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) to allow trademark, copyright and licensing issues to be resolved before distribution of version 1.0.
