On November 22, 2024, Deno formally filed a petition with the USPTO to cancel Oracle’s trademark for “JavaScript.” This marks a pivotal step toward freeing “JavaScript” from legal entanglements and recognizing it as a shared public good.
Oracle has until January 4, 2025, to respond. If they fail to act, the case will go into default, and the trademark will likely be canceled.
Oracle should have lost the trademark due genericization. Everyone uses the term JavaScript.
That’s the first argument they make in their petition.
I had no idea Oracle held the trademark on JavaScript. I still can’t wrap my head around it.