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Lego Serious Play Trademark Guidelines

Below information has been announced by LEGO for all the certified trainers.

LEGO maintains all rights and intellectual property rights in and to the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology as well as LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials, including, without limitation, the following:

• The trademarks LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and SERIOUS PLAY®
• The trademark IMAGINOPEDIA™
• The copyrighted LEGO materials for Real Time Strategy and Real Time Identity
• The copyrighted IMAGINOPEDIA™ guide books
• The copyrighted Facilitator Manual(s)
• The copyrighted Window workshop materials
• The copyrighted LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® marketing materials

LEGO TRADEMARK GUIDELINES – how to inform about having received training

• Individuals, who successfully have gone through the full LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® training are recognized by LEGO as “Trained LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator”. Such individuals receive a diploma as evidence for this recognition.
• Individuals who have received the first day training (the one day training) will not obtain this recognition.
• Trained LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitators may place this recognition (Trained LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY ® Facilitator) on their own websites and other visual media as part of their marketing efforts.

LEGO TRADEMARK GUIDELINES – how to inform about LSP related offerings

• No offerings must be marketed or labelled as “LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshops / experiences / trainings etc”   and no other terms may be used to imply that such offerings originate from, are sponsored, endorsed or sanctioned by the LEGO Group.
• The LEGO logo and the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® logo itself may not be used as part of facilitators’ visual marketing or offering.
• No LEGO trademark or name may be used on facilitators’ stationary, business cards, websites or other corporate identity indicators.
• Facilitators are of course allowed to market their services to end clients under their own brand while labelling the offering in a way, which clearly is not a copy of the wording and definitions used in the materials to which LEGO holds the proprietary rights.

LEGO TRADEMARK GUIDELINES – does and don’ts

The offering and marketing may make descriptive reference to the use of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials and methodology.

Good example:  a consultancy firm may market its services as follows:

“Better Process Consultancy offers Participatory Strategic Development Workshop using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials and methodology”.

Good example: a consultancy firm may market its services as follows:

“Great Training Company offers “Facilitator Training Workshop in the use of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials and methodology”.

Bad example: a consultancy firm may not market its services as follows:

“Great Training Company offers LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® training” or “Better Process Consultancy offers LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Workshop”.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick, Knob configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group.