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Originally Posted by HarryT
True, but it is the opinion of someone who is an expert in the field.
The post following the one I quoted is from a trademark infringement attorney, and he suggests that all that's required is to make sure that you add the "r in a circle" trademark symbol after each trademarked name, and then add a brief notice that "all trademarks are the property of their owners".
I'm not surprised. The cover would count as using the trademark to market the item.
Yep, same in the UK. An idiotic woman near where I live got taken to court for being stupid enough to put images of Disney characters on the sign of her children's nursery.
In all honesty, though, I think you're pretty safe in using names of trademarked products in your recipes as long as you acknowledge the trademarks as advised.
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Trademarks can also be marked with a small tm slightly above at the end of a word.
Oh also if one decides to write a book do not use "Choose your own adventure". Scholastic books gets mighty upset.
PS: To save time, trouble and paper I just used common names in my cookbook.