Re: trademark symbols

["Wollt, Richard C RV" <rcw1 -at- PO9 -dot- RV -dot- UNISYS -dot- COM>]

Roxanne,
We have used two standards, both of which were approved by our legal
department:

1.  Use the TM or circle R symbol at the first usage of the term, with a
footnote type entry.
     e.g.  Microsoft is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.
2.  List all trademarks and registered trademarks on the bottom of the
disclaimer page.  Then you don't have to catch the first usage.

Richard Wollt
rcw1 -at- rsvl -dot- unisys -dot- com
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|I have a question about the use of trademark and registered trademark
|symbols in scientific text.  There are two schools of thought here, and t=
|he
|discussions are getting quite lively.  One thinks that you only put in th=
|e
|symbol when talking about a product (Microsoft=AE Word) another thinks th=
|at
|you put it in whenever you see the name (Microsoft=AE).  We have looked i=
|n the
|Government Printing Office Style Manual and it does not say anything abou=
|t
|it.  The GPO is our mainstay because we are contractors to NASA and must
|comply, but in this instance information from any source would help.

|Thanks!

|Roxanne Lewis
|AlliedSignal Technical Services Corp.
|rlewis -at- smtp2 -dot- wstf -dot- nasa -dot- gov

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