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Q&A Referencing another company's product in my product manual

I'm making a manual that references a product that is not mine. What would be the correct way to note this? I'll give an example of a common product (this isn't mine, but it's a similar idea). Ex....

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Charles‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:28:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41037
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Charles‭ · 2019-12-08T10:28:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm making a manual that references a product that is not mine. What would be the correct way to note this? I'll give an example of a common product (this isn't mine, but it's a similar idea).

Ex.

> _Although these jeans are very similar to the original Levi's 501, our jeans have a more fitted cut, reinforced knees, and are made with a higher quality denim._

What would be the proper way to note that Levi's is a trademarked brand (and obviously not my brand)? Also, if I'm understanding correctly from the research I've done, I only need to do this for the first reference in the manual, not every single time I use the word Levi's?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-04T23:28:51Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 1