Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Re: Can I put someones business/personal name on a flyer?

You're kind of vague on the facts and accordingly it's impossible to give you an accurate answer. The answer to your question is fact specific.

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Re: Can I put someones business/personal name on a flyer?

Your freedom of speech as a writer is going to be constrained to some extent in any manuscript you write by considerations of publicity/privacy, trademark law and other laws protecting individual and trade names and their reputation. This determination is highly factual and contextual so no advice can be given without examining all the facts. If you use a flyer to promote your book or for other commercial purposes and use other people's or company's names in the copy, your legal exposure increases significantly, especially if trademark infringement is involved. Bottom line: get the person's / company's permission if you can or change the names so that the real people/companies won't be recognizable.

This reply is in the nature of general information, is not legal advice and should not be relied upon as such.