Legal Question: Are we allowed to mention big brands in our stories?

[irene.episode008]

Hi everyone! I am writing a story and I came across a question.
Is it against the guidelines to mention names like CIA or FBI??

[lanafrazer_episode]

U can’t mention big brands in your story.

The Episode Guidelines as I Understand Them

Understanding the New Guidelines Recently, I’ve noticed that a lot of creators (including myself) are confused about the new content guidelines . This post is to help us all understand what these mean for our stories on the app. I’ve taken the new guidelines and added them to this post so that we can break them down and understand them. If there’s anything you think I should add or change, just let me know Episode’s Content Guidelines (link) Stories must be appropriate fo…

[junexny]

I’ve come across SO MANY stories that used that, so I think you’re good!

[lanafrazer_episode]

U can come up with brands like:

Epi Police Department - EPD

[junexny]

really?

[lanafrazer_episode]

I mean, I dont know if is okay to use or not, so let just see what others say.

[junexny]

but why do so many authors use that tho

[lanafrazer_episode]

I honestly, have no idea.

[irene.episode008]

Thank you for your help.
I will contact Episode to ask them… there are a lot of us that are confused about this.
I’ll let you know what they say!

[lanafrazer_episode]

[Amphia]

Nope! You can’t, and it breaks the guidelines. On the FBI uniforms in LL that Episode offers as clothes, you can see that it says EBI instead of FBI. I think…cause I saw it in a story once .