The term "AACE Trademarks and Servicesmarks" refers to all trademarks and servicemarks owned by AACE as defined by 15 U.S.C. § 1127.
The AACE Trademarks and Servicemarks appearing on this Website may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise to indicate AACE's sponsorship or affiliation with any product or service withouth AACE's prior express written permission.
AACE Sections must use the official logo that has been created for them. Enhancement or creative artistry with the AACE logo or font is not permitted. The font is a service mark, as such, the service marked logo must not be compromised or changed.
You are prohibited from using AACE Trademarks and Servicemarks or any names, marks, or other materials in a manner that is likely to cause confusion or dilute, or damage the reputation or image of AACE.
Requests for use of the AACE logo must be made in advance in writing. Please allow ten (10) business days for a response. Required in the written request are:
- Name of the organization
- A concise explanation of the intended use
- If an event - Location of the event
- Timeframe of usage (date from and to)
- A concise explanation of the intended use
- Final draft of the material or collateral, demonstrating proposed use
Direct all requests and correspondence to Jennie Amos jamos@aacei.org and include proposed design in PDF format. The final product must be reviewed by AACE International prior to use by the requester. Final approval or rejection will be based on compliance with the Style Guide and whether, in AACE’s sole discretion, the quality and type of product is acceptable. The final product, with the AACE logo, may not be distributed or used by the requester until written approval has been received.
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- Not impersonate any other person or entity.
- Not post, email, upload, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that harms others, including minors, in any way.
- Not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any content transmitted through the website.
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- Not "stalk" or otherwise harass any person or persons.
- Not collect or store personal data about other users.
- Not advertise or solicit anyone to buy or sell products or to make donations of any kind absent prior written approval from AACE as set forth in more detail below.
- Not to make any negative or disparaging references to AACE, its services, or its members or otherwise compare AACE, its services, or its members unfavorably to others.
License to AACE: You hereby grant to AACE a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable perpetual license, including the right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any content you submit via the AACE Forums and Virtual Communities by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed, solely for the purposes for which such content was submitted. AACE will not use this content for any purpose other than the purpose(s) for which it was submitted unless you agree to such use. You retain ownership of the content you submit and AACE does not obtain ownership in or to such content (or in the case of third-party owned content submitted by you with the owner's permission, the third party retains ownership.)
Use of Content Posted by Other Users: Copyright in the content posted, with the exception of collaborative content, shall remain with the User or third party who has posted or consented to posting the content to the Website. You have no rights in or to such content posted by others and you agree you will not copy, reproduce, publish, create derivative works based upon, or otherwise retransmit any content without the express written permission of the owner of such content.
Collaborative content posted by Users for the purposes of collaboration may be modified, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, or otherwise used by other Users and is not subject to the limitations on user content listed above. Such collaborative content shall be considered in the public domain and freely available to be used, distributed, or modified by the other Users on the Website. For the purposed of distinguishing User content from collaborative content, any collaborative content shall include working on AACE technical products and services like the Recommended Practices.