This page details how to reference Minitab and our products and services in your Web site, article, or textbook. It includes information about featuring output, examples, and screen shots, as well as trademark information.
Screen shots, data sets, and help files
You may include examples and screen shots from our software, input and/or output, and references to our help files in your publication. Please place the following statement in a footnote, on the "copyright" page, or in the acknowledgment section:
"Portions of information contained in this publication/book are printed with permission of Minitab Inc. All such material remains the exclusive property and copyright of Minitab Inc. All rights reserved."
You may refer to any data set that is included with our software in your materials; however, you may not redistribute our data sets.
You may translate limited portions of Minitab data sets or help files into another language for use in your publication but only if you include the following disclaimer in a footnote, on the “copyright” page, or in the acknowledgement section:
“This information may have been translated for your convenience from the original and official English language version, which can be found at www.minitab.com, or as embedded in Minitab Statistical Software. Minitab retains all rights therein, and Minitab disclaims any and all responsibility for any reliance by you upon the translated version, which you use at your own risk. In the event of any discrepancy the English language version shall control.”
Naming and trademark information
At the first instance of Minitab’s product and service names in your text, spell out the official name and use the appropriate trademark disclaimer, per the following:
- Mentoring by Minitab™
- Minitab® Statistical Software
- Quality Companion by Minitab®
- Technical Support by Minitab™
- Training by Minitab™
- Quality Trainer by Minitab®
Please include the following disclaimer in your publication:
"MINITAB® and all other trademarks and logos for the Company's products and services are the exclusive property of Minitab Inc. All other marks referenced remain the property of their respective owners. See minitab.com for more information."
Do not translate any of the above Minitab product or service names into any language other than English.
Trademarked features:
Please use the trademark symbol (™) with the first occurrence of the following features:
Minitab® Statistical Software:
- StatGuide™
- ReportPad™
- Smart Dialog Boxes™
- Capability Sixpack™
Quality Companion by Minitab®:
Do not translate any of the above features into any language other than English.
Minitab publications (Citing Meet Minitab or User's Guides)
Minitab Inc. (2010). "Chapter Name," Meet Minitab 16, p. #-#.
Do not include the chapter name and/or page number if they are not applicable.
This is optional, but if you are willing, we would appreciate if you would include the Minitab Web address in either/both of the above, so interested readers can contact us. Our Web address is: www.minitab.com
Contact information
If you have further questions about author/publisher guidelines, please contact Minitab's Marketing Department at PublicRelations@minitab.com
