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When I was taken from being in charge of all the literature and tech specs I was putting together integrating a DAM system, Digital Asset Management. My goal was to have everything including media, drawings, and specs integrated, stored, organized and accessed in a meta data oriented database so that any time any literature, media, or data is used it would be on-the-fly accessed with the most current information. It would have also tightly controlled who had access to view, use, and/or edit anything.

One of the first things I noticed when taken out of the loop is that photos and drawings of trademarked products was being used without a ™ or ® symbol. That usage nullifies the copyright protection of the trademark. No artwork, photos, or drawings can exist of a trademarked product without the actual ™ or ® on the art or you will lose the protection of the trademark.