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by poizan42 847 days ago
Saying "compatible with <trademark>" is if anything one of the best established examples of nominative use. Like PC-compatibles which IBM had no way of stopping. Apple could try to sue, but the case would get dismissed immediately.
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Any time I've seen that on actual packaging, it does come along with "<trademark> is a registered trademark of <corporation>". Though usually those same boxes use official published logos from <corporation>.