tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post8261292240809623628..comments2024-03-27T04:00:02.294-04:00Comments on EditorMom: Copyediting Drug NamesKatharine O'Moore-Klopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-59656195089798908142015-03-31T09:04:15.722-04:002015-03-31T09:04:15.722-04:00Excellent. Very helpful! Many thanks. Jim MartinExcellent. Very helpful! Many thanks. Jim MartinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633815149835797887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-68965275269620851522012-06-13T17:44:46.281-04:002012-06-13T17:44:46.281-04:00Hey, Emily, thanks for stopping by. If there are a...Hey, Emily, thanks for stopping by. If there are any specific topics that you'd like me to address here, please feel free to write to me at <a href="mailto:editormom@kokedit.com" rel="nofollow">editormom@kokedit.com</a> to suggest them.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-84292271794294506872012-06-13T17:27:39.752-04:002012-06-13T17:27:39.752-04:00Medical writing is absolutely fascinating to me. P...Medical writing is absolutely fascinating to me. Posts like these lend insight into life as a medical copyeditor, which is so valuable to a new freelancer looking for her niche like me. Thank you for sharing, and please continue!Emily Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671192388679796051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-69374951289382435992012-06-13T16:56:44.921-04:002012-06-13T16:56:44.921-04:00>"I'm sure the pharma companies would ...>"I'm sure the pharma companies would at least complain if we hyphenated it at the end of a line!"<br /><br />Well, I wonder, which is why I asked. Hyphenating a term at the end of a line is a standard text-formatting issue that it would take a very narrow mind to interpret as a misuse of a copyrighted name. We deal with copyrighted names all the time in the texts I edit, and our legal department is relaxed enough about the force of their blanket copyright notice that we're not even required to add bugs to the names on first mention. (And I work for a company that is a rich target for lawsuits.) I'll have to arrange to bump into a copyright lawyer one of these days and ask about this.WordzGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618408509448732889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-80121545315844027052012-06-13T10:19:20.249-04:002012-06-13T10:19:20.249-04:00WordzGuy, I don't know if it's actually tr...WordzGuy, I don't know if it's actually true, but it's what I was told. Perhaps my boss was trying to scare us into being diligent. Because we were working directly for the pharma companies, we had to tread very carefully and fully respect their product names and trademarks. I don't know if there are any cases of lawsuits over this specific issue (a quick Google search didn't turn up anything). I'm sure the pharma companies would at least complain if we hyphenated it at the end of a line!Coach Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16325808606363242977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-82618529356123719982012-06-13T09:39:33.301-04:002012-06-13T09:39:33.301-04:00>"Make sure the drug name isn't hyphen...>"Make sure the drug name isn't hyphenated at the end of a line, because that constitutes trademark violation, and they could sue us!"<br /><br />Is that actually true? Are there cases where someone was sued (or issued a cease-and-desist) for making a normal word break? Dang.WordzGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618408509448732889noreply@blogger.com