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Re:Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app by davvolun on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @12:16PM (#16868551)
I believe they acquired the rights to 'Java' and they're arguing that gives them the rights to 'JavaScript'.

Which is fair-ish -- it should have never been named Javascript to begin with.

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Re:Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app by piva00 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:07AM (#16873933)
No, Oracle owns the "JavaScript" trademark, it's separate from "Java".

http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_N...

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