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Q&A Text referencing protected, trademarked™ and copyrighted© names, what is the correct procedure?

It depends on the style guide you are using. APA format (and I believe Chicago) specify not using TM or R in the text. I suspect that most style guides say the same. TM = trademark, which a compan...

posted 11y ago by Chris‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:35:34Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/6696
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Chris‭ · 2019-12-08T02:35:34Z (over 4 years ago)
It depends on the style guide you are using. APA format (and I believe Chicago) specify not using TM or R in the text. I suspect that most style guides say the same.

TM = trademark, which a company (or anyone else) can use without a registration with the government. It provides _some_ common law protection.

R = registered trademark, which means they've been granted the trademark with the US Patent and Trademark office.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-11-22T05:18:54Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 4