Oracle won’t relinquish JavaScript trademark, so the JS community prepares for court battle

In a nutshell: JavaScript is about to become a matter of legal proceedings between competing parties. Oracle claims ownership of the trademark, but the company will now have to defend its questionable position in court as the community argues it needs to be genericized.

The initial attempt to cancel Oracle’s ownership of the “JavaScript” trademark was unsuccessful. Deno Land and other prominent JS community members recently petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark…