Hacker News with Generative AI: Trademarks

Ploy to Trademark Hosted WordPress, Managed WordPress Derailed (theregister.com)
The WordPress Foundation's effort to trademark the terms HOSTED WORDPRESS and MANAGED WORDPRESS has been thwarted, for now, following a petition from a dissenting member of the open source WordPress community.

Trademarks, Open Source, WordPress, Community, Lawsuits

12 points by AuthorizedCust 47 days ago | 0 comments

Oracle starts laying mines in JavaScript trademark battle (theregister.com)
Oracle this week asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to partially dismiss a challenge to its JavaScript trademark.

Lawsuits, Trademarks, Oracle, JavaScript

12 points by Alupis 55 days ago | 0 comments

Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored (deno.com)
Yesterday, Oracle filed a motion to dismiss in response to Deno’s petition to cancel its “JavaScript” trademark. But instead of addressing the real issue—that JavaScript is an open standard with multiple independent implementations—Oracle is trying to stall the process and sidestep accountability.

Lawsuits, Trademarks, JavaScript, Open Source

631 points by healsdata 56 days ago | 184 comments

Costa Rican supermarket wins trademark battle against Nintendo (ticotimes.net)
A small Costa Rican supermarket has emerged victorious from a legal battle against the renowned video game giant, Nintendo.

Legal Disputes, Business, Trademarks, Costa Rica, Nintendo

302 points by type0 58 days ago | 110 comments

Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket (eurogamer.net)
A Costa Rican supermarket has claimed victory against Nintendo in a trademark battle over its name: Super Mario.

Video Games, Law, Business, Trademarks

37 points by healsdata 63 days ago | 19 comments

Oracle Will Not Voluntarily Withdraw JavaScript Trademark (twitter.com)

Oracle, Trademarks, Lawsuits, JavaScript

154 points by cfnewsperson1 84 days ago | 87 comments

Defending Open Source: Protecting the Future of WordPress (automattic.com)
“Any business making hundreds of millions of dollars off of an open source project ought to give back, and if they don’t, then they shouldn’t misuse its trademarks.”

Open Source, WordPress, Business, Law, Trademarks

27 points by oppodeldoc 110 days ago | 17 comments

Oracle files notice of appearance for JavaScript trademark [pdf] (deno.com)

Legal, Trademarks, JavaScript, Oracle

107 points by cfnewsperson1 118 days ago | 84 comments

USPTO petitioned to cancel Oracle's JavaScript trademark (infoworld.com)
Deno Land, maker of the Deno runtime for JavaScript, has petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel Oracle’s ownership of the JavaScript trademark.

Trademarks, JavaScript, Legal, Deno, Oracle

86 points by oldnetguy 127 days ago | 25 comments

Deno vs. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark (deno.com)
On November 22, 2024, the Deno company formally filed a petition with the USPTO to cancel Oracle’s trademark for “JavaScript.”

Legal Issues, Trademarks, Programming Languages, JavaScript

185 points by frou_dh 128 days ago | 27 comments

Regarding our Cease and Desist letter to Automattic (wpfusion.com)
On October 12th we sent a cease and desist letter to Automattic and WordPress.com regarding the unauthorized use of the WP Fusion trademark on .com's private mirror of the WordPress plugin repository. Automattic has responded and agreed to take down the listing. Here's a bit of background on why we filed the C&D, and the outcome.

Legal Issues, Trademarks, WordPress, Software

152 points by kemayo 164 days ago | 51 comments

Hasbro's Trademark for the Smell of Play-Doh (2018) (uspto.gov)
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Trademarks, Toys, Hasbro, Intellectual Property

46 points by popcalc 183 days ago | 53 comments

Open Source, Trademarks, and WP Engine (automattic.com)
Yesterday, Automattic sent the following cease-and-desist letter to WP Engine, outlining WP Engine’s pattern of unauthorized usage of the WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks and demanding that WP Engine stop such behavior.