diff --git a/bibcop.pl b/bibcop.pl
index 682808e..dce3cc8 100755
--- a/bibcop.pl
+++ b/bibcop.pl
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ sub check_typography {
   my @no_space_after = ( '(', '[' );
   my @space_before = ( '(', '[' );
   my @space_after = ( ')', ']' );
+  my @good_tails = ( 'Inc.', 'Ltd.' );
   my @bad_tails = ( '.', ',', ';', ':', '-' );
   foreach my $tag (keys %entry) {
     if ($tag =~ /^:.*/) {
@@ -307,8 +308,16 @@ sub check_typography {
       if ($s eq '.' and $tag eq 'author') {
         next;
       }
-      if ($value =~ /^.*\Q$s\E$/) {
-        return "The '$tag' must not end with a $symbols{$s}"
+      my $good = 0;
+      foreach my $s (@good_tails) {
+        if ($value =~ /^.*\Q$s\E$/) {
+          $good = 1;
+        }
+      }
+      if (not $good) {
+        if ($value =~ /^.*\Q$s\E$/) {
+          return "The '$tag' must not end with a $symbols{$s}"
+        }
       }
     }
     foreach my $s (@no_space_before) {
diff --git a/perl-tests/checks.pl b/perl-tests/checks.pl
index bea400f..1467b76 100755
--- a/perl-tests/checks.pl
+++ b/perl-tests/checks.pl
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ package bibcop;
 check_passes($f, ('title' => 'Proper formatting of (brackets): with no space after it'));
 check_passes($f, ('title' => 'Proper formatting of (brackets); with no space after it'));
 check_passes($f, ('title' => 'Proper spaces in \(\phi\) and in $\phi$'));
+check_passes($f, ('publisher' => 'Elsevier Science Inc.'));
 
 $f = 'check_wrapping';
 check_fails($f, ('title' => 'The title is not surrounded by curled brackets'));