--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java	Wed Jul 18 10:04:45 2012 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/net/HttpCookie.java	Wed Jul 18 18:46:17 2012 +0100
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 
     private HttpCookie(String name, String value, String header) {
         name = name.trim();
-        if (name.length() == 0 || !isToken(name) || isReserved(name)) {
+        if (name.length() == 0 || !isToken(name)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal cookie name");
         }
 
@@ -782,33 +782,6 @@
     }
 
     /*
-     * @param  name
-     *         the name to be tested
-     *
-     * @return  {@code true} if the name is reserved by cookie specification,
-     *          {@code false} if it is not
-     */
-    private static boolean isReserved(String name) {
-        if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("Comment")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("CommentURL")      // rfc2965 only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Discard")         // rfc2965 only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Domain")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Expires")         // netscape draft only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Max-Age")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Path")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Port")            // rfc2965 only
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Secure")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("Version")
-            || name.equalsIgnoreCase("HttpOnly")
-            || name.charAt(0) == '$')
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /*
      * Parse header string to cookie object.
      *
      * @param  header