Calling the trademark possession an “outdated authorized relic,” Dahl mentioned Oracle’s possession “has precipitated confusion and pointless obstacles, together with cease-and-desist letters despatched to organizations for merely utilizing the time period ‘JavaScript’ of their names.” The USPTO submitting marks a pivotal step towards liberating the JavaScript title from authorized entanglements, Dahl mentioned.
If the title is freed, conferences may use the title JavaScript with out issues of authorized overreach. The language’s improvement specification title, ECMAScript, might be changed by the title JavaScript, mentioned Dahl.
The petition to the USPTO additionally accuses Oracle of committing fraud in 2019 in its renewal efforts for the trademark by submitting display captures of the Node.js web site. “Node.js isn’t affiliated with Oracle, and using display captures of the ‘nodejs.org’ web site as a specimen didn’t present any use of the mark by Oracle or on behalf of Oracle,” the petition states. Moreover, the petition stresses that the time period JavaScript is generic and that Oracle doesn’t management, and has by no means managed, any facet of the specification or how the time period JavaScript can be utilized by others. Oracle, which has till January 4, 2025 to reply to the USPTO petition, couldn’t be reached for remark.
