Guidelines for use of college board trademarks

GUIDELINES FOR USE OF COLLEGE BOARD TRADEMARKS

College Board trademarks are valuable assets. We, therefore, require that all Third Parties using and/or referring to our trademarks do so in a manner which will minimize confusion among the public and refrain from implying a relationship with the College Board. Some of the College Board trademarks include: AP^®, Advanced Placement^®, Advanced Placement Program^®,

Pre-AP^®, CLEP^®, SAT^®, and PSAT/NMSQT^®.
For an extended list of College Board trademarks, please visit: www.collegeboard.org.
These Guidelines explain acceptable and unacceptable uses of College Board trademarks and are applicable to the use of our marks in any medium, including but not limited to: print, multimedia, and online materials.
Before using any College Board trademark, please review the following Guidelines and submit a sample of your proposed use of the mark(s) to permission@collegeboard.org. Please allow ample time for the College Board to review and respond to your request. This process could take up to 8 weeks.
The College Board reserves the right to deny any Third Party’s request if the Third Party’s use of the College Board mark may lead consumers to believe that the source of the product or service is the College Board.

Submission of Samples

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   For print materials: submit copies of the cover, spine, title page, and/or page of first prominent use.
   

2. 
   For Internet uses: submit copies of the web site home page and web page where the College Board mark(s) is/are first prominently featured.
   

3. 
   For CD ROM, DVD, video, or other products: submit copies of labels, packaging, and advertisements.
   

1. 
   Shall not use the College Board logo, acorn logo, or any other College Board logo or graphic without the express written consent of the College Board.
   

2. 
   Shall not combine College Board trademarks with any other trademark or design, (e.g., SAT-DVD for a DVD) or use the marks in a manner which suggests ownership by a Third Party (e.g., ACME’s SAT Guide).
   
3. 
   Shall not use College Board trademarks in the main title of any Third Party product, service, or publication, such as John Doe’s Guide to AP Calculus, or John Doe’s AP Calculus Guide.
   

Suggested titles: John Doe’s Guide to Calculus compatible with AP® Calculus

4. 
   Must not over emphasize the College Board mark or use it more prominently than your product name/service. The College Board mark must be different and/or smaller in font, size, and color in comparison to the product/service name in order to maintain a visual distinction between the two.
   

5. 
   Must not use or register, in whole or in part, any College Board trademarks, logos, or alteration thereof, as part of company names, company taglines or slogans, Internet domain names, web site addresses, or metatags.
   

6. 
   Must not remove, alter, or distort any element of a College Board trademark or brand feature, including abbreviation of College Board marks, in any way. For example, PSAT/NMSQT® may not be abbreviated as PSAT, nor may SAT Subject Tests^TM be altered or displayed as SAT II. For a list of College Board trademarks please visit: www.collegeboard.org.
   

6. 
   Must not use any College Board trademark, logo, or symbol, or any potentially confusing variation thereof, in any manner that expresses or implies affiliation with, sponsorship, endorsement, or certification by, the College Board; nor may Third Parties use any College Board trademark in such a way that implies a legal association between the College Board and their companies.
   

1. 
   Must properly identify College Board trademarks by using the appropriate trademark symbols (® or ^TM) next to the mark. A complete list of the College Board trademarks can be found at www.collegeboard.org.
   

2. 
   Must include the following footnote/disclaimer to ensure proper attribution of College Board ownership:
   

3. 
   Must use College Board trademarks as adjectives. The purpose of a trademark is to identify the owner of a product or service; therefore a trademark should be used as an adjective to modify a noun. The noun is the generic name of the product or service.
   

Examples: SAT^® exam

AP^® exam

Advanced Placement Program^® course

4. 
   Must make the footnote clearly visible (i.e., appropriate type size, color, and placement) on all covers, packaging, advertisements, websites, and in other media as follows:
   

1. 
   For print publications: the footnote/disclaimer should appear on the front cover, the back cover, and on the copyright page.
   

2. 
   On packaging, labels, advertisements, and promotional material: the footnote/disclaimer must appear on the same surface as the College Board mark.
   

3. 
   For web sites: the footnote/disclaimer must appear on the web site home page and on all internal web pages that include College Board marks. The appropriate footnote/disclaimer must be placed at the bottom of each respective page. Please note: Merely including attribution to the College Board for its trademark ownership and/or including the endorsement disclaimer in “Terms and Conditions” or “Legal Notice” sections of a web site does NOT satisfy these Guidelines.
   

Third Parties:

1. 
   Must not use the College Board logo, acorn logo, or any other College Board logo or graphic in connection with products, services, publications, seminar or conference, packaging, advertising or promotional materials, or web sites without an express written logo license from the College Board.
   

2. 
   Must not use College Board logos on your site in association with a link to a College Board web page. Links to College Board web pages may be included on your site provided they are included as plain text links and are not used in any way that could confuse or mislead customers.