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Add trademark guidance to UX writing guide.

Open edonehoo opened this issue 5 months ago • 0 comments
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Update UX writing guide to add relevant guidance for using other companies terms/trademarked phrases. Pull whatever from here is actually relevant for PF:

"It is ok to use our competitors trademarks so long as: It is used accurately to describe the other party’s own goods and services, and all of the following conditions are met:

  • It is not misleading;
  • It compares goods or services meeting the same needs or intended for the same purpose;
  • It objectively compares one or more material, relevant, verifiable and representative features of those goods or services,
  • It does not create confusion in the marketplace between Red Hat and a VMWare;
  • It does not discredit or denigrate the trademarks, trade names or other distinguishing signs of a competitor;
  • It does not take unfair advantage of the trademark or other distinguishing sign of a competitor; and
  • It does not present goods or services as imitations or replicas of goods or services bearing a trademark. We may not use a competitor’s trademark as an attention-getting device. We should use them in the body text only and avoid using them in headlines, titles, and graphics. We always need permission to use a third party's logo."

edonehoo avatar May 27 '25 15:05 edonehoo