I'm about to come out in a few months with a new company and a new
product that is PHP-based. I'm working on a user guide and programming
guide that comes out with it. At the bottom on the first page, I want
it to say:
<snip>
All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or
service marks have been appropriately italicized, with the exception
of ProductX and CompanyX. CompanyX cannot attest to the accuracy of
this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as
affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
ProductX and CompanyX are registered trademarks of CompanyX, LLC.
Red Hat and Red Hat Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.
SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE and Novell, Inc.
Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, and Active Directory are registered
trademarks held by Microsoft Corporation.
MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
PostgreSQL, pgSQL, and PostgreSQL.org are marks held by
PostgreSQL.org.
PHP is a mark held by PHP.net.
Mozilla and Mozilla.org are marks held by Mozilla.org.
Apache and Apache.org are marks held by Apache Software Foundation.
</snip>
Of course, ProductX is just a variable where I snap in my product name
when I go live. The same with CompanyX.
Do you feel I have this stated properly or would you change something?
Please back up what you say with a link on the web.
I want to go out of my way, as cheaply as possible, to prove I have
researched these marks before I put them in my manuals.
I have researched trademarks at USPTO.Gov for the marks held in the
United States, but perhaps my research isn't correct.
Also, for marks not listed at USPTO.Gov, should I state this as "are
trademarks" rather than "are marks" because I cannot say "are
registered trademarks"?
product that is PHP-based. I'm working on a user guide and programming
guide that comes out with it. At the bottom on the first page, I want
it to say:
<snip>
All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or
service marks have been appropriately italicized, with the exception
of ProductX and CompanyX. CompanyX cannot attest to the accuracy of
this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as
affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
ProductX and CompanyX are registered trademarks of CompanyX, LLC.
Red Hat and Red Hat Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.
SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE and Novell, Inc.
Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, and Active Directory are registered
trademarks held by Microsoft Corporation.
MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
PostgreSQL, pgSQL, and PostgreSQL.org are marks held by
PostgreSQL.org.
PHP is a mark held by PHP.net.
Mozilla and Mozilla.org are marks held by Mozilla.org.
Apache and Apache.org are marks held by Apache Software Foundation.
</snip>
Of course, ProductX is just a variable where I snap in my product name
when I go live. The same with CompanyX.
Do you feel I have this stated properly or would you change something?
Please back up what you say with a link on the web.
I want to go out of my way, as cheaply as possible, to prove I have
researched these marks before I put them in my manuals.
I have researched trademarks at USPTO.Gov for the marks held in the
United States, but perhaps my research isn't correct.
Also, for marks not listed at USPTO.Gov, should I state this as "are
trademarks" rather than "are marks" because I cannot say "are
registered trademarks"?
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