Editing JavaScript (section)

== Trademark ==
"JavaScript" is a [[trademark]] of [[Oracle Corporation]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |date=1997-05-06 |title=U.S. Trademark Serial No. 75026640 |url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713022850/https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch |archive-date=2021-07-13 |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=uspto.gov |publisher=[[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Legal Notices |url=https://www.oracle.com/legal/trademarks.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605142505/https://www.oracle.com/legal/trademarks.html |archive-date=2021-06-05 |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=oracle.com |publisher=[[Oracle Corporation]]}}</ref> The trademark was originally issued to [[Sun Microsystems]] on 6 May 1997, and was transferred to Oracle when they acquired Sun in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Oracle to buy Sun in $7.4-bn deal | newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/oracle-to-buy-sun-in-7-4-bn-deal/articleshow/4427747.cms | date = 21 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Oracle urged again to give up JavaScript trademark |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/17/oracle_urged_to_surrender_javascript_trademark/ |date=17 September 2024 |last1=Claburn |first1=Thomas |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>

A letter was circulated in September 2024, spearheaded by [[Ryan Dahl]], calling on Oracle to free the JavaScript trademark.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Krill|first=Paul|date=September 20, 2024|title=JavaScript community challenges Oracle's JavaScript trademark|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3532457/javascript-community-challenges-oracles-javascript-trademark.html|work=InfoWorld}}</ref> [[Brendan Eich]], the original creator of JavaScript, was among the over 14,000 signatories who supported the initiative.