[sjsdaiuasgdia]

Oracle's lawyers dutifully renew the trademark annually. Despite their lack of active use, this leaves the door open for future use. It creates a nebulous state where Oracle could choose to initiate a costly legal action against someone using the trademark.

One of those situations where the law can be on your side but the real problem is if you can afford the legal battle.

[Finnucane]

As the letter notes, Oracle has never actually taken any kind of action to keep people from using the name. They don't even make performative reminders. They know their claim on the mark is weak and they aren't going to waste a lot of lawyer time on it. But it's Oracle, so they won't willingly give up anything that might be worth more than a dime. This is just to note their continued non-action when the USPTO is asked to nullify the mark.

[lokar]

It will still cost whoever oracles decides to vindictively go after (driven by some unrelated dispute) a bunch of money and trouble.

[levi_n]

Lawnmower is gonna lawn mow

[yencabulator]

Meanwhile, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41559829