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These guidelines<br />

apply to affiliates,<br />

both inside and outside<br />

the U.S.A., that<br />

are licensed to use<br />

<strong>GE</strong> marks. Use these<br />

guidelines in addition<br />

to those for selecting,<br />

using, and protecting<br />

marks in documents<br />

• 121, Primary Trademarks<br />

& Service Marks<br />

• 122, Secondary Trademarks<br />

& Service Marks<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Trade Name & Trademarks<br />

An acquired affiliate may be licensed to use<br />

• the trade name “<strong>GE</strong>” (or, rarely, the name<br />

“General Electric”) in its trade name<br />

•the Monogram alone in a graphic signature<br />

A joint venture may be licensed to use<br />

• the trade name “<strong>GE</strong>” (or rarely, the name<br />

“General Electric”) with the name(s) of the joint<br />

venture partner(s) in the joint venture trade name<br />

• the Monogram with the mark(s) of the joint<br />

venture partner(s) as joint marks in a graphic<br />

signature<br />

All affiliates may use the phrase “Affiliated with<br />

General Electric Company.”<br />

Business, legal, and environmental factors<br />

determine whether an affiliate may be licensed<br />

to use any of the preceding categories of trademarks<br />

and service marks.<br />

The <strong>GE</strong> business responsible for the affiliate<br />

requesting a license should consult these<br />

documents for information on eligibility requirements,<br />

risk analysis, and approval authority:<br />

• 123,Trade Names,Trademarks, & the <strong>GE</strong> Identity<br />

Program<br />

• 341, New Businesses Name & Trademark Practices<br />

Stationery & Business Forms<br />

Affiliates may use the mark licensed to them provided<br />

that the name of the affiliate is also shown.<br />

Joint marks used by joint ventures must always be<br />

separate from the address and other information.<br />

Trade Names & Trademarks<br />

Used by Affiliates<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Secondary Trademarks<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Identity Program 121, Primary Trademarks & Service Marks <strong>GE</strong> Identity Website: www.ge.com/identity<br />

121.05<br />

All affiliates must obtain the right to use any<br />

<strong>GE</strong> secondary trademark from the U.S. business<br />

responsible for the trademark.<br />

Use of a secondary trademark with a primary<br />

<strong>GE</strong> trademark outside the U.S.A. follows the same<br />

guidelines that apply inside the U.S.A.<br />

See also document 122, Secondary Trademarks<br />

& Service Marks.<br />

Affiliate Company Trademarks<br />

Affiliate companies may adopt their own primary<br />

and secondary trademarks and, consequently,<br />

are responsible for their use and protection.<br />

Use and protection rules should be detailed<br />

in writing and communicated to the Corporate<br />

Trademark Counsel.<br />

Affiliate companies should follow the principles<br />

covering the adoption and use of secondary<br />

trademarks, including, when the mark is used<br />

with a primary <strong>GE</strong> trademark,<br />

•adopting only a secondary word mark with<br />

definite marketing value<br />

• using the <strong>GE</strong> graphic system to display the<br />

word mark<br />

See also documents<br />

• 122, Secondary Trademarks & Service Marks<br />

• 123,Trade Names,Trademarks, & the <strong>GE</strong> Identity<br />

Program<br />

• 130, Graphic System<br />

Records<br />

Corporate Trademark Counsel keeps central<br />

records of all worldwide registrations of the<br />

Company’s and its affiliates’ trademarks. To<br />

maintain this register, affiliates should inform<br />

Corporate Trademark Counsel of all newly<br />

adopted or discontinued marks.

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