Eclipse Foundation Trademark Usage Policy | The Eclipse Foundation

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Effective as of March 18, 2026 (the “Effective Date”)
This Policy (the “Policy”) defines the allowable use of names, marks and logos and related rights (referred to herein collectively as “Trademarks”) owned by Eclipse Foundation AISBL ("Eclipse") (such Trademarks, the “Eclipse Trademarks”). The Policy is intended to protect the goodwill associated with Eclipse Trademarks and to promote and improve the consistency of use of Eclipse Trademarks across all elements of the Eclipse community and otherwise. This is important, among other reasons, to demonstrate that Eclipse projects are part of a common community of developers, adopters and users, all associated with the highest levels of quality.
Eclipse owns all Trademarks that are related to the business of Eclipse, including the Trademarks related to its projects ("Eclipse Project Trademarks") and working groups and their specifications, if any ("Eclipse WG Trademarks"). A list of Eclipse Trademarks and any trademark usage guidelines implemented by Eclipse Foundation Working Groups (each, a “WG”) (e.g., Jakarta EE, Sparkplug, etc.) which should be read to supplement this Policy (with conflicts governed by this Policy) can be found at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/trademarks/.
The Eclipse Trademarks are symbols of the quality and community support that people have come to associate with Eclipse. To ensure that the Eclipse Trademarks continue to serve these functions, we need to keep control over their use. People should be able to tell when something is from Eclipse or one of the Eclipse projects. Also, Eclipse Trademarks should not be used in a way which tarnishes the reputation or image of Eclipse technology, the Eclipse Foundation, its projects, its working groups, or its Members.
As discussed in this Policy, there are also specific requirements applicable to Eclipse Trademarks that are logos ("Eclipse Logos"), Eclipse Foundation “branded” Trademarks (some of which are Eclipse Logos) ("Eclipse Foundation Trademarks"), Eclipse Project Trademarks (some of which are Eclipse Logos), and Eclipse WG Trademarks (some of which are Eclipse Logos).
As detailed below and except as provided herein, the use of any name, mark, or logo which may create confusion with, or falsely implies an endorsement, affiliation or relationship with Eclipse or is otherwise in violation of Eclipse’s rights or applicable law is a violation of this Policy.
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, wish to report an infringement or improper use of Eclipse Trademarks, or wish to use an Eclipse Trademark in a way not explicitly provided for in this Policy, then contact us by sending an email to license@eclipse-foundation.org.
We recognize that there may be certain circumstances where a “fair use” of an Eclipse Trademark may deviate from this Policy. Nothing in this Policy should be interpreted to interfere with the right to make such fair uses of Eclipse Trademarks as provided for under applicable law and all of the guidance in this Policy is subject to applicable law.
These requirements apply generally to the use of Eclipse Logos.
Eclipse-owned logos and related production specifications are available at https://www.eclipse.org/artwork/. The use of Eclipse-owned logos should follow these specifications and applicable guidelines. Eclipse logos include logos for ‘Eclipse’, ‘Eclipse Foundation’, ‘EclipseCon’, ‘OCX’, ‘SDV’, ‘AOSS’, ‘Open VSX’, ‘Eclipse Foundation Member’, ‘Jakarta’, ‘Jakarta EE’ and any Eclipse Project Trademarks and Eclipse WG Trademarks which are logos. Eclipse Logos cannot be modified in any way without the advanced written permission (email is permissible) of Eclipse. Any Eclipse project or working group that wishes to seek such permission may do so by sending an email to license@eclipse-foundation.org.
To ensure the consistency of our corporate brand identity, please see our Brand Guidelines Handbook. This style guide outlines usage standards to ensure that the “Eclipse Foundation” logo is instantly and consistently recognizable however and wherever it is used by Foundation members and the community.
These requirements apply to the use of any Eclipse Foundation Trademarks such as the Eclipse Foundation name and logo and the Eclipse Foundation Member logo. Use of the Eclipse Foundation Trademarks are restricted to identifying the Eclipse Foundation and its members. ‘Eclipse’ must always be capitalized, except when used as part of an Eclipse logo.
Unless otherwise agreed to in advance in writing (which may be in email form) by Eclipse, the following restrictions apply to the use of Eclipse Foundation Trademarks:
All of the guidance set out in Section 2 regarding Eclipse Logos apply to Eclipse Foundation Trademarks that are logos.
You may not incorporate an Eclipse Foundation Trademark into the name of your company or software product or service name.
You may not include an Eclipse Foundation Trademark in the name of a publication, certification program, domain name or book.
Only Eclipse open source projects are authorized to develop or maintain software packages that use Eclipse Foundation namespaces such as ‘org.eclipse’ in their namespace. An important use of an Eclipse Trademark is the ‘org.eclipse’ string used on all namespaces for Eclipse open source projects. This naming convention is used to identify code that has been developed as part of an Eclipse open source project.
The ‘Eclipse Foundation Member’ Trademark is meant to identify those organizations and individuals that are members of Eclipse. Only current members of Eclipse are authorized to use this Eclipse Trademark.
All of the guidance set out in Section 2 regarding Eclipse Logos apply to Eclipse Project Trademarks that are logos.
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