Use of Copyright and Trade marks

An EI is an organization approved and licensed by AXELOS to offer accreditation and examination services to ATOs. Only an Accredited EI can use the Accredited EI mark for the qualifications they for which they offer exams.

From 1 January 2018, PeopleCert is AXELOS' sole EI.

For more information, see our Examination Institute page

ATOs are organizations approved by EIs and licensed by AXELOS to deliver AXELOS global best practice training and examination services to candidates.

For more information, see our Accredited Training Organizations page.

AXELOS Consulting Partners are partnered with AXELOS and are licensed to deliver AXELOS global best practice consulting and advisory services to organizations.

For more information, see our AXELOS Consulting Partners page.

Licensed Affiliates are organizations that work with ATOs to deliver training in particular regions or markets and are licensed by the EI.

Operational Hubs are organizations that work with EIs to support ATOs and examination candidates in a particular region and are licensed by AXELOS.

AEOs are organizations approved by EIs and licensed by AXELOS to offer examination only services. AEOs can use the relevant Approved Examination Organization accredited mark.

AXELOS licenses complementary products and services created by unaccredited parties where they add value to the established best practice products.

Unaccredited organizations and individuals must apply to us at [email protected] if they wish to use trade marks (logos, symbols and word marks) and/or copyright material from the AXELOS portfolio in their own products or services. Third-party products which are successfully licensed are entitled to display a Licensed Product logo.

For more information, see our Product Licensing page.

AXELOS also licenses complementary products under the ITIL Software Scheme. If you have developed an ITIL-based software tool that AXELOS has assessed and approved, you are entitled to display a Process Compliant logo on this tool.

For more information, see the ITIL Software Scheme pages.

To use AXELOS trade marks or logos within your product or service you will need to obtain a trade mark licence. However, organizations or individuals who are not licensed by AXELOS can use AXELOS word marks, e.g. ITIL®, in free text or in a descriptive manner as long as the following conditions are met:

• Ensure the correct acknowledgment statement is used alongside the first use of a product word mark on the same page or in a logical position within that document;
• Do not include AXELOS word marks into an unlicensed business, service or product name;
• Do not connect your company, product or service name in any way to such marks;
• Do not use the marks in any way that suggests a more general meaning (e.g. using ‘ITIL’ to describe IT service management is incorrect; ITIL should only be used to describe AXELOS' proprietary form of IT service management);
• Do not use the marks in a way that is derogatory (this will be determined in our sole and absolute discretion);
• Do not change the marks in any way or use them to suggest an association with AXELOS, its partners, products or services or any endorsement thereof; and
• Do not use the marks in the title or sub-title of any product in any media in a manner not consistent with honest commercial practices.

Trade Mark Acknowledgement Statements

All AXELOS logos and trade marks must be used with the proper acknowledgment statement. An example can be seen below:

• PRINCE2^® is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved. or
• PRINCE2^™ is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited. All rights reserved.

For details regarding which statement to use, please see our Product Trade Mark Registrations Table.

On websites, an AXELOS word mark can only be used as a hyperlink to other web pages containing further information about that specific product.

The correct symbol must be shown alongside the first occurrence of any AXELOS word mark.

The acknowledgement statement may be shown either on each page or be referenced on an acknowledgements/copyright page.