Calling the trademark possession an “outdated authorized relic,” Dahl stated Oracle’s possession “has induced confusion and pointless obstacles, together with cease-and-desist letters despatched to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 releasing 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 growth specification identify, ECMAScript, could possibly 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 just not affiliated with Oracle, and using display screen 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 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.
