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Thanks again - very helpful forum.

Thank you this is very reassuring. As well as mentioning well known brands in passing ( eg using a Mont Blanc pen) I have a couple of short scenes that take place in a (fictional) branch of Waitrose which if anything make gentle fun of the customers not the store. I assume from your reply that I can ...

Hello, I’m a new user. Are there any copyright or similar legal issues around mentioning brands in a work of satirical fiction? My novel mentions many brands in use over the 1990s/2000s - eg the brand of cigarette a character is smoking. It also uses well known brands in invented scenes: eg a people ...