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When using trademarked [or registered names] in *any* document -- print,
online or otherwise -- you need only show the (tm) or ® symbols once,
usually the first occurence, or the first occurence in a chapter, section or
page, and need not repeat the symbol thereafter. Standard boilerplate
typically explains this convention, noting that such-and-such are
trademarked [or registered trademark names] and appear without the symbols
throughout the document.
Here's the boilerplate we use:
Trademarked names are used throughout this manual. Rather than place a
symbol at each occurrence, trademarked names are designated with initial
capitalization. Inclusion or exclusion is not a judgment on the validity or
legal status of the term.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca [SMTP:rebeccam -at- envworld -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:05 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: TM symbol repeats
>
> When using a trademarked name, and if using the name repeatedly within an
> online document, how many times should you include the TM symbol?
>
