Does anyone know the law surrounding the use of corporate names like Facebook, NatWest and Starbucks, for example, in a work of fiction? Are you allowed??
Does anyone know the law surrounding the use of corporate names like Facebook, NatWest and Starbucks, for example, in a work of fiction? Are you allowed??
This makes good sense! Thank you Jeff and thank you for taking the time to answer. What is your book called?
As long as you're not libelling (libeling..?) them, then it's okay. Saying "I sat in Starbucks with my partner for three hours and the caffeine buzz lasted me 8 hours" is fine, but they'd view this very dimly: "I drank a coffee in starbucks and ended up in hospital with food poisoning from the rat droppings I found in the bottom of my cup."
Ditto the others. judicious product placing can work very well! I must have mentioned Marmite at least six times in my novel... still no free samples, yet, though...