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Subject:trademarks - not optional From:Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 15 May 2020 12:05:23 -0700
> ! I'm really sick of wasting extra keystrokes to type some company's
precious camelcase trademark. I've already been typing Linkedin,
Github, Latex etc and gleefully ignoring picky capitalization.
>
>To me, it's fine to honor a company's preference, or even its
trademark, if you choose. And it's fine to ignore it, if that's your
preference. Not sure it qualifies as an "issue," though. Some things
simply are.
Umm... no. It's not fine to ignore a company's trademarks. That's a
legal thing that must be followed. And established companies who know
that people will need to reference the company's name and products have
trademark usage guidelines posted.
-Monique
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