Re: Mentioning patents in marketing and tech materials

Subject: Re: Mentioning patents in marketing and tech materials
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 11:16:29 -0700

Do what the lawyers tell you, and ask them how they want you to cite
them, but that's eccentric. Companies refer to technologies being
patented all the time without mentioning the numbers. You have to use
trademarks correctly to avoid losing them, but there's no such danger
with patents.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
> How does one go about mentioning patents? According to Legal, if we want to mention patents for marketing purposes, we need to state their numbers and that they are owned by <employer>. Any examples/insights?

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