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JavaScript is an Oracle's trademark?
They bought Java (not javascript) a long time ago. With, as far as I can tell, the sole intent of monetization through legal action.
They bought Sun, which "owned" Java and JavaScript.
Interesting, I didn't realize they got the javascript trademark when they got Sun. I wouldn't be surprised if a judge threw out the trademark as generic at this point, if they understood technology, but that's a big if. I knew naming rights were a big reason that people tried to roll the name back to ECMAScript, but that never really took off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript#Trademark
Sun played no, or no authoritative, role in developing javascript. I don't know how they got the trademark except perhaps no one owning it thought they could monetize the trademark.
It was named after Java, which they already had the trademark for.