RE: Trademark question

Subject: RE: Trademark question
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 14:37:45 -0400

Hi James,

Yes, I've seen it before, but that's not the point. It's ugly and
awkward, but that's not the point, either.

The point is: Accept the company lawyer's opinion on legal issues. You'd
expect her/him to accept your opinion on tech writing issues, wouldn't
you?

Thanks,

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James MacDougall
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:37 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Trademark question
>
> According to the legal counsel at my company,
> trademark restrictions require that every
> appearance of our trademarked software's
> name be used as an adjective -- an adjective
> that modifies what the trademark was
> intended to identify....
>
> This isn't something that I've seen in
> documentation or marketing for other
> software. Is it familiar to other writers
> out there who work with trademarked products?
>

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References:
RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Sarah Bouchier
Trademark question: From: James MacDougall

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