Java(tm) Trademark Guidelines

If you're interested in using the Java or HotJava trademarks in product branding, or in the titles of Java-related books or web pages, please refer to our Java Branding Policies, immediately below.

If you're writing documentation, web pages, press releases, ads, marketing collateral, or other written materials about Java-based technologies, please refer to the Java Trademark Writing Guidelines, below.

Java Branding Policies

1. Product Names
   Sun currently does not license the Java and HotJava product names. Please don't use "Java" or "HotJava" in the names of your Java-related products, e.g., "VirtualJava". Such unauthorized use would infringe Sun's trademark rights.

2. Java Powered and Java Compatible Logos
   You can contact the Java Development Team about licensing the "Java Powered" or "Java Compatible" Logos for branding your Java-related products and marketing materials.

3. Java Taglines
   You can use "Java" in a descriptive tagline -- e.g., "Java(tm) Language Version" -- to your own distinctive product name. The tagline must be descriptive, truthful, and accurate, substantially smaller than your product name, and must include the (tm) symbol. You must also include a legend on your product label or online software screen that says: "Java and HotJava are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., and refer to Sun's Java programming language and HotJava browser technologies."

   Example:

   Netscape Navigator 2.0

   Java(tm) Language Version

4. Book and Web Page Titles
   If you want to use the Java or HotJava names in the titles of web pages, books, or other materials about the Java or HotJava technologies, please follow these guidelines:

   1. Use the (tm) symbol in the title -- e.g., "Java(tm) Talk".

   2. Separate "Java" from other words with a space -- e.g., "Java(tm) Talk" rather than "JavaTalk".

   3. Include a legend on your web page or title page that says: "Java and HotJava are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., and refer to Sun's Java programming language and HotJava browser technologies. [NAME OF YOUR PUBLICATION] is not sponsored by or affiliated with SUn Microsystems, Inc."

   4. Do not use any Sun logos or logostyles in your publication, such as the Sun Logo, Java Coffee Cup Logo, or Sun's "Java" logostyle script (except for descriptively depicting actual screenshots of Sun's web pages).

   5. Follow the Java Trademark Writing Guidelines, below.

5. Java/HotJava Logos
   Sun does not license the Java or HotJava logostyles, or the Java or HotJava Coffee Cup Logos. However, you may be qualified to license the "Java Powered" or "Java Compatible" Logos. For more information, please contact the Java Development Team.

Java Trademark Writing Guidelines

1. Use the Java and HotJava trademarks as adjectives that modify the descriptive term for the Java-based technology you're describing, such as "the Java language", or "Java applets", or "HotJava-compatible browsers".

2. Use the (tm) symbol with Java and HotJava at their first prominent use (e.g., book titles, headlines, paragraph headings) and first text use in each document. For html documents, use the (tm) symbol at the first prominent and first text use on homepages, top level pages, and all pages that are externally linked, i.e., linked from pages outside the immediate, contextually-related document.

3. Don't use Java or HotJava as nouns, or in verb or plural forms, such as "HotJavas" or "javatize".

4. Put the following legend in each document that refers to Java or HotJava: "Java and HotJava are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., and refer to Sun's Java programming language and HotJava browser technologies."

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