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The September 1995 issue of the STC magazine, "INTERCOM," contained an
article called "Using and Abusing Trademarks," by Judy Petersen. The article
recommended several sources for updated trademark info:
1) Writer's Digest - a column called "Trademark Updates." Write to Writer's
Digest, Box 2123, Harlan, IA 51593, USA.
2) The U.S. Trademark Association's free Trademark Hotline. Call (212)
986-5880.
3) The International Trademark Association. They sell an editorial package
with a checklist of about 4,000 correctly spelled trademarks and their
generic terms. Contact: International Trademark Association, 1133 Avenue of
the Americas, New York, NY 10036-6710, USA.
Check it out!
Kathy Bruni
Technical Writer
Wall Data Incorporated, Kirkland, WA
kbruni -at- hq -dot- walldata -dot- com
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>From: Janice Gelb
>Date: Tuesday, October 10, 1995 2:46PM
>Our Legal dept has decided they have neither the time nor the
>personnel to keep our third-party trademarks database up to date.
>Does anyone know of any good source for this information? How
>does your company keep up with these?
