How do you strip the "Trademark" sign?

[buddyrich2]

I need to automatically strip the "trademark" sign off a string of data because its causing my javascript to malfunction. It is the little "TM" that appears a little higher than the rest of the text in HTML. Isn't there a code that represents the sign that you can search, then remove from the string?

Thanks.

 

[craigber]

That mark is there for a legal protection to the trademark owner. Why do you want to strip it off?

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com/blog

 

[buddyrich2]

As I said, its causing my javascript to malfunction. I don't mind putting the letters "TM" as regular text or whatever but the small, raised "TM" is causing my programs to crash.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Buddyrich,

Assuming lcString is the string that includes the TM symbol:

lcString = STRTRAN(lcString, CHR(153), "")

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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[buddyrich2]

Thats exactly what I needed. Thanks, Mike, you're a champ as usual.

 

[craigber]

buddy, the small tm is what is legal. A regular tm or a (tm) are not legally recognized.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com/blog

 

[wgcs]

So, is there no way to legally note that a word or phrase is trademarked in a plain 7-bit text file?

- Bill

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[Mike Lewis]

So, is there no way to legally note that a word or phrase is trademarked in a plain 7-bit text file?

Yes. Just place the letters TM after the name. They don't have to be superscripted characters.

But, really, does it matter? If someone has a legal claim to a trademark, what difference could it make if some person, somehwere in the world, removes the TM designation from a text file which no-one else will ever see? If it was that easy to rob someone of his legal protection, their competitors would have done it long ago.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[craigber]

I'm not so sure that is the case.

See

http://www.trademark.iastate.edu/basics/

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com/blog