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Darren Barefoot wrote:
>
> Hmmm...I'm pretty sure Crystal Reports is owned by Seagate Software...ah, I
> just took a look and saw that Crystal Decisions is "A Seagate Company" (as a
> side note, CD's Web site is almost unusable, the main page is designed so
> poorly). Anyhow, usually I do a search on the Web site for "trademarks" and
> determine what they want you to do. I've documented a product that uses
> Crystal Reports, and would suggest the following "Seagate Crystal Reports is
> a trademark of Seagate Software Inc.". That's what we had on our manuals
> (for example, http://www.projecttalk.com/Help/UsingPT.pdf).
>
> Mind you, I'm not a lawyer. Thanks. DB.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Moloney [mailto:paul -dot- moloney -at- seprobilling -dot- com]
> > Sent: 09 August 2001 12:03
> > To: TECHWR-L
> > Subject: Copyright Issue
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > One of our current products produces a report that
> > is readable using Crystal Reports. This procedure
> > is documented in a user manual. Should the manual
> > have some kind of disclaimer or copyright
> > notice along the lines of "Crystal Reports is a product
> > of Crystal Decisions Ltd, blah blah blah"?
> >
For those type of issues, consult you company's intellectual property
lawyer. While the advice of lay people is well intentioned, it may very
well be wrong.
--
Peter
Mailto:peternew -at- optonline -dot- net
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usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.
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