--- title: Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says description: Deno Land is attempting to cancel Oracle's ownership of the JavaScript trademark, which Oracle acquired after purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2009. Deno Land... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-refuses-to-yield-javascript-trademark-deno-land-says-d0adxcg9o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says | daily.dev og:description: Deno Land is attempting to cancel Oracle's ownership of the JavaScript trademark, which Oracle acquired after purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2009. Deno Land... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-refuses-to-yield-javascript-trademark-deno-land-says-d0adxcg9o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/D0AdxCg9O.png og:image:alt: Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 7 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Deno Land is attempting to cancel Oracle's ownership of the JavaScript trademark, which Oracle acquired after purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2009. Deno Land argues that 'JavaScript' is a generic term and claims Oracle committed fraud in renewing the trademark. The legal battle is expected to proceed with a discovery phase starting soon, as Oracle has refused to yield the trademark voluntarily. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > I think we should switch to the name "EcmaScript" because naming a language that has nothing to do with Java "JavaScript" is as bad as naming a framework that is not truly reactive "React". --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#oracle](https://daily.dev/tags/oracle), [#legal](https://daily.dev/tags/legal), [#deno](https://daily.dev/tags/deno) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-refuses-to-yield-javascript-trademark-deno-land-says-d0adxcg9o) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-refuses-to-yield-javascript-trademark-deno-land-says-d0adxcg9o","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-refuses-to-yield-javascript-trademark-deno-land-says-d0adxcg9o"},"datePublished":"2025-01-10T22:04:48.531Z","dateModified":"2025-01-10T22:05:02.788Z","description":"Deno Land is attempting to cancel Oracle's ownership of the JavaScript trademark, which Oracle acquired after purchasing Sun Microsystems in 2009. 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