IAC Trademark Policy
As a member, partner, or service provider (“You” or “Your“) of Innovation Asset Collective (“IAC“), you have IAC’s permission to use IAC’s trademark as long as you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions and your use of the trademark meets the guidelines set forth below.
1. Permission to Use
IAC hereby grants You the limited, non-transferable, revocable permission to use the trademark shown below (the “Trademark”), without modification, and for the purposes and in the manner described herein:
2. Permitted Use
You may use any of the Trademark in print or on a website in reference to IAC’s offerings, programs or services, IAC being your strategic partner, your membership at IAC, or IAC being a client of yours, subject to the guidelines set forth below and to the terms of this policy. All references to IAC must be honest and accurate. No other use of the Trademark is permitted without the express written consent of IAC.
3. Guidelines
Your use of the Trademark must meet the following guidelines:
3.1 Use the colour version of the Trademark on a white background.
3.2 Use the black version of the Trademark only for printed materials intended to be in black and white.
3.3 Use the white version of the Trademark on a dark or coloured background.
3.4 Do not modify, distort, rotate, crop, or watermark the Trademark, change the colour of the Trademark, or add additional elements to the Trademark.
3.5 The amount of clear space around the Trademark should be equal to or greater than 0.5” or 127mm.
3.6 Do not shrink the Trademark in proportion to other logos or elements.
3.7 For print, the Trademark must have a minimum height of 8.89 mm. For a website, the Trademark must have a minimum height of 40 pixels.
3.8 Use the Trademark as a supporting element, in a context that clearly describes the role of IAC.
3.9 A superscript asterisk must immediately follow the use of each Trademark and a corresponding footnote must recite “Trademark of Innovation Asset Collective, used with permission by Innovation Asset Collective/Collectif d’actifs en innovation.
4. Restriction
You must never use the Trademark in a way that implies an endorsement or affiliation with IAC where such a relationship does not exist.
5. Non-Disparagement
You shall not depict the Trademark in any manner or in any materials that would tend to denigrate, disparage, tarnish, present in a false light, or otherwise reflect negatively on the Trademark, IAC or its funder (i.e., Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada), any of IAC’s members, any of IAC’s services, or the intellectual property industry or related industries in general.
6. Right to Revoke
IAC may revoke this permission to use at any time by written notice to You. Revocation will apply to all future use of the Trademark but will not require you to delete the Trademark from any tangible materials already in existence if such use is not in violation of the terms of this policy.
7. Automatic Revocation
Any use by you of the Trademark that violates any of the terms of this policy will result in the automatic revocation of this permission to use without notice to You.
8. Acknowledgment of Ownership
You acknowledge that IAC owns all right, title, and interest in the Trademark.
9. Indemnification
You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless IAC from and against any claims, judgments, damages, liabilities, settlements, losses, costs, and expenses, including legal fees and disbursements arising from or relating to any breach by You of the terms of this policy.
In the event of any conflict between the above IAC Trademark Policy and the French version thereof, the above IAC Trademark Policy will prevail.