In official usage, the Society's name shall be designated as: "ASTM International".
ASTM International (the “Society”) is a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation and charitable institution. Its intellectual property (“IP”) is one of ASTM International’s most valuable assets and may only be used in a manner that furthers the Society’s mission. As set forth in ASTM International’s Intellectual Property Policy (“IP Policy”), it is the responsibility of all ASTM International employees, members, officers, directors, Participants, resellers/distributors and others involved with the development, adoption, publication, use and/or distribution of ASTM IP (collectively “Users”) to ensure ASTM IP is used in accordance with its policies.
Among its intellectual property, the Society has registered certain trade, service and certification marks, including “American Society for Testing and Materials,” “ASTM,” “ASTM International,” “ASTM Certified”, the ASTM International logo, the ASTM logo and the “ASTM International-Standards Worldwide” logo (collectively referred to as the “Marks”). This Policy sets forth the terms and conditions for the appropriate and permitted uses of these Marks. Use of the Society’s Marks is expressly subject to and conditioned on the User’s acceptance of these terms. The Society may use its Marks (or grant others permission to use its Marks) in any way it sees fit.
Users of the Society's Marks agree and acknowledge that the Marks are the sole and exclusive property of the Society. Use of one or more of the Marks shall constitute consideration for, agreement to and acceptance of the following terms and conditions. Use of the Marks is permitted only pursuant to the terms and conditions of this limited and revocable license, and any other written agreement which terms apply to such use. Any failure by a User of the Marks to comply with the terms and conditions contained herein may result in the immediate revocation of this license, in addition to any other sanctions imposed by the Society.
The Marks must be used in a professional manner, as set forth more specifically below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Marks may not be used in a manner that, in the sole discretion of the Society: discredits the Society or tarnishes its reputation and goodwill; is false or misleading; violates the rights of others; violates any law, regulation or other public policy; or mischaracterizes the relationship between the Society and the User, including but not limited to any use of the Marks that might reasonably be construed as an endorsement, approval, sponsorship, or certification by the Society of the User, the User's business or organization, or the User's products or services or that might be reasonably construed as support or encouragement to purchase or utilize the User's products or services (unless the User is a participant in an ASTM Certification Program as discussed in section 5, below). The Society, in general, does not object if Users self-represent that their products or services meet or comply with ASTM International standards by referencing the specific designation(s) (e.g. ASTM A XXX-YY) (and, where possible, the title of the relevant standard) so long as Society Logos do not appear in connection with such representation and there is no suggestion the Society approves or agrees with the representation, or certified the product or services (unless, again, the User is a participant in an ASTM Certification Program).
The Society permits, only as set forth below, the use of its "ASTM International" and "ASTM" trademarked Logos "as is" and makes no warranties, representations or statements, express or implied, with respect to these Logos. The Logos may not be used to disparage the Society or its members. The Society will not be responsible for any loss or damages of any kind whatsoever sustained by any party, however caused, in regards to use of the Logos. Use of the Society's Logos is subject to and conditioned upon Users acceptance of this Policy. Users may scale/resize the Logos to suit their needs, but may not change color or design or alter the graphics in any way and may not combine with any other graphic. In every use, the integrity of the Logo must be preserved.
Linking to the Society’s Internet Homepage.
Users may, without written permission, use the Logo to denote an electronic link to the Society website — here, or its sub pages. Links from web sites that, in ASTM’s sole discretion, could be construed as distasteful or offensive, obscene, defamatory, libelous, misleading, or which are being used for illegal purposes are not permitted.
