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SPEC® Trademarks And Service Marks

The following list of trademarks and service marks demonstrates the proper designation for each mark of SPEC, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. This list is applicable worldwide; however, in certain countries variations on designations have been used. Please contact SPEC if you have questions. This list will be updated periodically:

SPEC ® SPECenv ® SPECint ® SPECmail ® SPECompL ® SPECrate ®
SPEC Logo ® SPECfp ® SPECjAppServer ® SPECmark ® SPECompM ® SPECseis ®
SPECapc SM SPECglperf ® SPECjbb ® SPECmedia SM SPECopc SM SPECsfs ®
SPECchem ® SPECgpc SM SPECjms ® SPEC MPI ® SPECpower ® SPECviewperf ®
SPECclimate ® SPEChpc ® SPECjvm ® SPEComp ® SPECpower_ssj SPECweb ®

[ ® = Registered Trademark, = Trademark, SM = Service Mark ]


Use of SPEC Trademarks and Service Marks

A trademark or service mark is a word or symbol used in commerce on goods and services to identify the source of those goods and services. SPEC's marks may not be used by others except in a factual and non-trademark manner in accordance with the following policy:

Persons who have used or are using SPEC's goods and services to obtain objective performance evaluations for their computer products may express that fact and may use the related SPEC marks in their expressions of that fact. SPEC's marks may also be used in media descriptions of reviews of SPEC's goods and services.

Example usages:

SPECweb®99 is a registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). The Turboblaster 9000 was tested with the SPEC® CPU2000 benchmark suite and produced a SPECint®2000 result of 5367 and a SPECint®_base2000 result of 5366.

SPEChpc®96 is a benchmark suite that measures the performance of high-end computing systems running industrial-style applications; for example, two of the applications are SPECseis®96 and SPECchem®96.

The SPECopcSM group released SPECviewperf®, which measures the 3D rendering performance of systems running under OpenGL; and SPECglperf®, which measures for optimal performance of 2D and 3D graphics primitives across vendor platforms.

The term "Persons" in the policy includes both individuals and organizations, including, but not limited to, all commercial entities and corporations. The policy also applies to members of the press and any third party who desires to report, in a factual manner, the use of SPEC's products and services by another.

In practical terms, compliance with the policy consists of the use of the SPEC marks within the following guidelines:

  • Representations of performance results must be accurately and truthfully presented.
  • All SPEC marks must be properly designated with the appropriate symbol (®, ™, or SM) in all uses in all media, including electronic media.
  • Persons may not use SPEC's marks on their own products and services.
  • Persons may not incorporate SPEC's marks into their own product names, service names, company names, logos, or in any other manner.
  • Persons may not adopt trademarks, service marks, product names, company names, or logos that are substantially or confusingly similar to SPEC's marks.
  • Persons may not license the use of SPEC's marks to others.
  • SPEC's trademarks and service marks are SPEC's intellectual property, and only SPEC may use SPEC's trademarks and service marks on goods and services to identify SPEC as the source of those goods and services. Persons who desire to use SPEC's marks in any other manner than the manner described in the policy statement must contact SPEC and inquire about obtaining a license from SPEC.