--- title: "Anyone know Larry Ellison?" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 605 published_at: "2022-09-09" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/605" --- Plus Facebook's Bun experiment, Dr. Axel digs into Node again, and using AI to rewrite your JavaScript code. | #​605 — September 9, 2022 [Unsubscribe](https://javascriptweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/605) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/quqdkita6jahlzrbymdk.jpg)](https://tinyclouds.org/trademark) [Ryan Dahl Asks Oracle to Release the 'JavaScript' Trademark](https://tinyclouds.org/trademark) — It's in our small print, but did you know Oracle owns the 'JavaScript' trademark? This is why the standard is called _ECMAScript_ instead. 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