Talk:Brannock Device

Trademark matters

If the Microsoft page is any indication, Wikipedia does not require that trademarks be identified as such with the use of the superscript "TM". Legally, its presence here is misleading, as this page is not in fact (to my knowledge) a promotional article by or licensed by Brannock. But even if it were, the proper symbol to indicate the status of the mark would be the circled-R denoting federal registration, not the common-law "TM". If Brannock knew of this mislabelling of its mark, the company would be legally obligated to ask that the mark not be labelled with either symbol, lest it appear the company was allowing "naked licensing" to occur, which could endanger the registration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.52.194.23 (talk) 06:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Cleaning up the gaps and dead links.

• Proof that the Brannock Device is available in Centimeter, European, Mondopoint, UK, and USA sizing systems. Most of them have an accompanying junior size. In addition, there is a Device for measuring men for very large sizes, up to size 25-USA:
  

- http://brannock.com/collections/products . Also, find links to pages similar to "Brannock Device Company Records, 1925–1998".

• Proof that the Device is in the collection of the Smithsonian:
  

- Archives Center, National Museum of American History: http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
- The Lemelson Center for Invention and Innovation: http://invention.si.edu/brannock-device-co-records-1925-1998
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History: http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/d8672.htm
- Guide to the Brannock Device Company Records: http://sova.si.edu/details/NMAH.AC.0672

• Online version of The Wall Street Journal article by Aeppel, Reference 1. and Source 4.:
  

-http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703395904576025730088444702

• Current addresses for patent data, Reference 2. [dead link]:
  

- Foot-measuring instrument, CA291653 (A)― 1929-07-30: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=5&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19290730&CC=CA&NR=291653A&KC=A
- Foot-measuring instrument, US1725334 (A) ― 1929-08-20: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=3&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19290820&CC=US&NR=1725334A&KC=A
- Improvements in or relating to foot measuring instruments, GB317206 (A) ― 1929-08-15: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=4&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19290815&CC=GB&NR=317206A&KC=A

• Current address for a biography of Charles Brannock [dead link] (though it may not be the one the author had in mind):
  

- http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/charles-brannock

• Source 1.: "Craig, Berry. "Why the Shoe Fits." American Heritage of Invention & Technology 16, no. 1. (Summer 2000): 64". That link goes to the Brannock Device website, "About Us". What gives? It's the same as: http://brannock.com/pages/about-us

• Some extra links that may be of interest:

- Inventor Sketches: Why Didn’t I Invent That?: http://www.innovationgateway.org/content/inventor-sketches-why-didn%E2%80%99t-i-invent-0 - Brannock Device 1920s: http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/cf/doodles_enlarge.cfm?id_image=161

Thank you; I hope this helps, Wordreader (talk) 07:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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