MENTupLEADup® Guide to Permissions and Trademarks
Michelle Lestas is the exclusive world-wide publisher of the MENTupLEADup® Type Indicator instruments and supporting materials since 2020. As publisher of the instrument, Michelle Lestas provides guidelines on use of trademarks, gives permission for reprints, modifications, adaptations, or translations of the MENTupLEADup® instrument, and distributes the assessment internationally.
Permission to Reprint, Modify, Adapt, or Translate the MENTupLEADup® Instrument
The MENTupLEADup® instrument may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. To request permission to reprint, modify, adapt, or translate the MENTupLEADup® instrument, contact MENTupLEADup® Company Permissions Coordinator.
Permission is required if you desire to include the MENTupLEADup® instrument items in a published work, such as a dissertation or theses or study results. Sample items for publication, that allow you to give examples of the instrument while protecting intellectual property, can be requested from The MENTupLEADup® Company.
Trademark Guidelines for the MENTupLEADup® Instrument
Michelle Lestas holds the copyright and trademarks for the MENTupLEADup® Type Indicator instruments. Trademarks are registered symbols, words, titles, and other identifying marks that represent unique products and intellectual property, such as the MENTupLEADup® instrument and materials.
There are specific guidelines on how to use trademarks when writing about the MENTupLEADup® assessment or system in publications. Guidelines are also provided by MENTupLEADup® Company on their website.
- The Circle-R symbol ® identifies a trademark that has been formally registered by the UK Patent and Trademark Office. It is used when the mark identifies the product or services for which the mark has been registered. The symbol should be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the trademark.
- Always use the trademark as an adjective, accompanied by an appropriate noun. Never use a trademark as a noun. Examples: We administer the MENTupLEADup® instrument. We use the MENTupLEADup® assessment.
- For the trademark symbol use the circle R ® whenever possible, but if it is not available, use parentheses (R).
- On a website use the symbol at the most prominent use (usually the header) and again on first use in the copy, and then every time on each web page in which the trademark is used.
- On printed materials use the symbol at the most prominent use (usually the header), and again on the first occurrence in the copy.
- In publications use the symbol with the first occurrence of each trademark in the Table of Contents, the headlines, and on the first occurrence in every article where the trademark is used.
- Always use an appropriate trademark acknowledgement. A trademark acknowledgement alerts the readers to the ownership of the trademark.
- MENTupLEADup® Trademark Acknowledgement Statement:
- MENTupLEADup®, MENTupLEADup® Type Indicator, CMAC®, Executive Identity® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Michelle Lestas in the UK and other countries.
Always use the trademark in the way that it was intended to be used. Do not alter the trademark in any way. Do not parody the trademark or portray it in a negative way.
Use of MENTupLEADup® trademarks must only refer to genuine MENTupLEADup® products and services. The only way to obtain an MENTupLEADup® leadership type assessment and results is by using the official MENTupLEADup® instrument.
