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Joint Ventures<br />

Joint Marks<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Identity Program 343, Joint Ventures Name & Trademark Practices <strong>GE</strong> Identity Website: www.ge.com/identity<br />

343.32<br />

When <strong>GE</strong> and its joint venture partner(s) are<br />

essentially equal in the marketplace and/or<br />

management control, the recommended name<br />

and identifier are those shown at Option 2 on<br />

page 31. The identifier is a graphic signature<br />

containing<br />

• joint marks in place of the signature Monogram<br />

• the communicative name of the joint venture<br />

The guidelines on pages 33 to 35 demonstrate<br />

how to develop an acceptable design and layout<br />

using the Monogram with another mark.<br />

This action does not create a new trademark out<br />

of two marks, but rather uses two existing marks<br />

together by enclosing the marks in separate but<br />

similar shapes and displaying those shapes side<br />

by side as joint marks.<br />

Joint Marks <strong>Design</strong> Approval<br />

The joint venture trademark license specifies the<br />

corporate marks that may be used and the conditions<br />

that apply to that use. If the prospective<br />

license allows the Monogram to be used with<br />

another mark, the design and layout<br />

of the joint marks must be approved by both<br />

• Manager – <strong>GE</strong> Corporate Marketing<br />

<strong>Communication</strong>s<br />

• <strong>GE</strong> Corporate Trademark Counsel<br />

Note: In addition to the approval of the design<br />

and layout of the joint marks, before a joint<br />

venture may adopt any name or identifier using<br />

the primary <strong>GE</strong> trademarks, it must be licensed<br />

in writing to do so as set forth in document<br />

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

Program, “Appendix C: Joint Ventures Licensing<br />

Procedure.”<br />

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