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Subject:RE: Using Fictional Companies and Case Studies From:"David Rakowski" <drakowski -at- mindspring -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:51:56 -0500
Darren:
How about just using a general disclaimer that all companies and individuals
in your white paper are not real and are being used for illustrative
purposes only?
Just a thought......
Dave Rakowski
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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-105071 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of Darren
Barefoot
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 4:23 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Using Fictional Companies and Case Studies
Hi,
I'm writing a whitepaper for a client, and including a fictional case study.
Basically, it describes the problem this invented company (we'll call it
'Acme') has, and how my client's product solves that problem.
We want to indicate that this is a fictional company, but I'm unsure of the
wording. This is what I currently have, which is pretty lame:
"Acme (a fictional company) sells large roadrunner-killing anvils..."
Does anybody have a better suggestion? I should clarify that I am not using
the name Acme, as that's trademarked. Cheers. DB.
