Calling the trademark possession an “outdated legal relic,” Dahl stated Oracle’s possession “has caused confusion and unnecessary barriers, including cease-and-desist letters sent to organizations for simply using the term ‘JavaScript’ in their names.” The USPTO submitting marks a pivotal step towards liberating the JavaScript identify from authorized entanglements, Dahl stated.
If the identify is freed, conferences may use the identify JavaScript with out considerations of authorized overreach. The language’s improvement specification identify, ECMAScript, might be changed by the identify JavaScript, stated Dahl.
The petition to the USPTO additionally accuses Oracle of committing fraud in 2019 in its renewal efforts for the trademark by submitting display screen captures of the Node.js web site. “Node.js is not affiliated with Oracle, and the use of screen captures of the ‘nodejs.org’ website as a specimen did not show any use of the mark by Oracle or on behalf of Oracle,” the petition states. Additionally, the petition stresses that the time period JavaScript is generic and that Oracle doesn’t management, and has by no means managed, any side 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.
