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Sun CAN come after you for trademark infringement if you use the word Java (or the official artwork or close derivatives) in your product name without getting their permission first.
That's why people have been so creative in thinking up ways to get around that, using just the J for example, or anything coffee related.
That does of course not mean Sun will come after you, only that they can. When there is no risk to their business (so when your product doesn't compete with anything they create or are possibly planning to create in the future) they probably will leave you alone unless you go and actively make claims about being "official" or "approved by Sun" or other such things.
But why take the risk? It's not as if your customers will pick your product solely because it has the word "Java" in the name (or most won't). And if you're creating a tool for Java developers you ARE potentially treading on Sun's market... |
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