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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Harry,
According to US trademark laws, you have to have permission to use the brand names in a cookbook. Yes, I looked this up.
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Cinisajoy,
See:
http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/wo...rk-223862.html
This is the opinion of an American "Intellectual Property Law Attorney":
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We are publishing a cookbook that will feature many recipes using common consumer food products. It will be marketed online. Does using the Trademarked product name in the recipe or showing a picture of that product in the book constitute any type of Trademark or Copyright infringement?
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Not if you do it right. You can include trademarked products as an ingredient in recipes, and even show photos of the products. But you can only use photos that are yours (and not an infringement of someone's copyright in other photos) and you must identify the trademarked products as such (with a disclaimer as to who holds the TM right). You can't use the products to market the cookbook.
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