Re: Bug: Does a TM (trademark), SM (service mark), (R) (registered trademark) symbol in a company's logo need alt text? from Ramón Corominas on 2014-06-08 (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org from April to June 2014)

From: Ramón Corominas <rcorominas@technosite.es>
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:34:44 +0200
To: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
CC: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, "w3c-wai-gl@w3.org" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Message-ID: <53942E34.9030209@technosite.es>

Yes, I think the alt should contain this kind of symbols, since the 
blind user may download the logo for using it somewhere (for example, in 
a report or as part of a "sponsors" page).

Therefore, the user should know about the existence of this kind of 
"legal" information that could have implications on possible uses / 
restrictions of a registered logo.

Regards,
Ramón.

Steve wrote:

> Input on this bug appreciated.
> 
>     Can you please document in the HTML 5 spec if a logo (that happens
>     to havea (R) registered trademark symbol) must have alt text that
>     indicates that symbol. (I would also suggest documenting this for TM
>     and SM as well.
> 
> 
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25965

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