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Efforts to void Oracle’s ownership of the JavaScript trademark have been led by Deno and Node.js creator Ryan Dahl. In a February 4 blog post , Dahl criticized Oracle’s latest move.
Oracle has introduced JavaScript support in the MySQL database, allowing developers to write JavaScript stored programs, i.e. JavaScript functions and procedures, in the MySQL database server.
This directory contains Oracle Database JavaScript examples for: JavaScript on the JVM using the Nashorn engine (Hotspot JDk or JRE, other Java SE 8 compliant VMs, OJVM). node-oracledb for Node.js, ...
The biz claims that JavaScript has become a generic term; that Oracle committed fraud in 2019 when it applied to renew its trademark; and that Oracle has abandoned its trademark because it does not ...
Oracle contends that in fact it submitted two specimens to the USPTO – a screenshot from the Node.js website and another from its own Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit.
Oracle uses JavaScript in its products, but Dahl says that none of the products rely on the trademark. Furthermore, according to Dahl, Oracle’s trademark manual doesn’t explicitly mention JavaScript.
JavaScript founders and developers are challenging Oracle's continued hold on the trademark. More than 4,200 developers, creators and professionals have urged Oracle to give up the JavaScript ...
Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) empowers developers by providing a modular open source toolkit based on modern JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS3 and HTML5 design and development principles.