Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

The best way to make sure you won't get sued for mentioning trademarks and service marks in your book is to contact the owner(s) of the marks and get permission. The owners are likely to give you that permission provided you abide by their terms and conditions. Those terms may involve paying a licensing fee and will almost certainly involve attributing the mark to the owner; this is often done on the copyright (legals) page that comes right behind the title page of the book. Check out the copyright page on a mass-market book on a computer operating system to see how that works.

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