Where / how often do I need to show trademarks and registration marks for 3rd-party software?

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Published on 2010-04-08T14:01:38Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 14:03 UTC
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In the application my company publishes, we refer to 3rd-party software in several places: user manual, in the application UI itself, etc.

Are we legally required to display the trademark or registration mark symbols next to the trademarked/registered names of 3rd-party software? If so, must they be displayed every time the name is mentioned, or is it sufficient to acknowledge the registration once (for example, in the application's splash screen or the introduction section of the user manual)?

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