Most people don't really get what trademark defense is -- having Amazon label the trademark in some places as "Elasticsearch is a trademark of <whoever>" is enough to count. Even linking the elasticsearch software repo or elastic.co in conjunction with the trademark name is enough.
Source: I have a best-selling book author friend who has been defending her trademark on a somewhat popular pop-culture term this way for a few decades.
Source: I have a best-selling book author friend who has been defending her trademark on a somewhat popular pop-culture term this way for a few decades.