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We have a trademark page in the frontmatter that lists the ownership of all
products mentioned in the book. It follows the title page and identifies the
ownership of every product we refer to in the rest of the book. After that,
there is no reference to the company that owns the product. The TM symbol is
next to any registered trademarks ( ie. JSpace, PlantSpace) on the cover
and the title page. This is the only place we use the symbol.
At 03:34 PM 4/25/97 -0700, you wrote:
>How do you handle trademarks for other companies' products in your
>documentation? Do you include the trademark or registered trademark
>symbol in the text? Do you include a page that lists the trademarks of
>all the products you mention and who owns them? Do you include a blanket
>statement somewhere that says brand and product names are the trademarks
>or registered trademarks of their respective owners and leave it at
>that?
>
>We're writing an in-house style guide and aren't sure how to resolve
>this issue.
>
>TIA,
>Melinda Carr (melindac -at- capsoft -dot- com)
>
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