JavaScript商标更新

JavaScript商标更新
JavaScript Trademark Update

原始链接: https://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle4

我们不同意TTAB驳回我们对Oracle的欺诈指控，该指控称他们在2019年的“JavaScript”商标续期中故意误导美国专利商标局，使用Node.js网站截图作为使用证明。作为Node.js的创建者，我发现这尤其令人震惊，因为Node.js与Oracle无关。然而，我们并没有修改欺诈索赔，而是优先考虑我们的通用性和放弃的核心论点。我们认为“JavaScript”描述的是一种编程语言，而不是Oracle旗下的品牌。 Oracle必须在8月7日前对我们的取消请求作出回应，并于9月6日开始调查。我们认为，绝大多数证据都支持“JavaScript”的通用使用。我们的目标是将“JavaScript”这个名字从商标限制中解放出来，允许整个社区自由使用，而无需担心许可问题。我们的目标是夺回为网络提供动力的编程语言的名称，让每个使用它的人都能使用它。

Hacker News的讨论围绕着Oracle的“JavaScript”商标及其对Deno的诉讼展开。评论者认为甲骨文的行为是荒谬的，因为他们似乎并没有直接从该商标中获利。一些人建议甲骨文应该将该商标放弃给开发者社区，以建立良好的声誉。布莱恩·坎特里尔（Bryan Cantrill）将甲骨文比作一个没有头脑的“割草机”，突显了该公司被认为的无情。一些人认为，此举是甲骨文寻租行为模式的一部分。其他讨论围绕ZFS许可、微软的开源方法以及大公司内部的功能失调展开。一些人认为，萨蒂亚·纳德拉通过努力帮助开源项目，帮助重新塑造了微软的形象。许多人质疑Oracle的商标优势是否延伸到品牌知名度，普遍认为很少有人将JavaScript与Oracle联系起来。人们开玩笑地提出了该语言的替代名称，TypeScript的影响也存在争议。

原文

On June 18, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) dismissed our fraud claim against Oracle. We disagree with this decision.

That claim alleged Oracle knowingly misled the USPTO in its 2019 renewal by submitting a screenshot of the Node.js website to show use of the “JavaScript” trademark. As the creator of Node.js, I find that especially offensive. Node.js was never an Oracle product or brand. Oracle didn’t create it, didn’t run it, and wasn’t authorized to use it to prop up its trademark. That they reached for a third-party open source site suggests they had no better proof—and knew it.

But fraud was never the heart of this case.

We’re not amending the fraud claim. Doing so would delay the case by months, and our focus is on the claims that matter most: genericness and abandonment. Everyone uses “JavaScript” to describe a language—not a brand. Not an Oracle product. Just the world’s most popular programming language.

The case now proceeds quickly.

On August 7, Oracle must respond to every paragraph of our cancellation petition—either admitting or denying our claims about genericness and abandonment. I’m eager to see what they challenge.

Discovery begins September 6.

Everyone knows JavaScript isn’t an Oracle product—and 19,550 people at javascript.tm agree (at the time of writing). This trademark doesn’t serve the public, the industry, or the purpose of trademark law. It’s just wrong.

If we win this cancellation—or if Oracle does the right thing and releases the trademark—JavaScript will be free. No more ™ symbols. No more licensing fears. Just the name of the programming language that powers the web, belonging to everyone who uses it.

JavaScript商标更新 JavaScript Trademark Update

JavaScript商标更新
JavaScript Trademark Update