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by thaumasiotes 1277 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use

> is a legal doctrine that provides an affirmative defense to trademark infringement as enunciated by the United States Ninth Circuit, by which a person may use the trademark of another as a reference to describe the other product, or to compare it to their own.

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Nominative use is explicitly ruled out in some other jurisdictions. Do not rely upon it.