information about trademark

index.md

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 The expected outcome is that teams work more effectively and consistently with iterative and incremental development techniques even after the coach has moved on. This should help the organization to build new features in their software with a shorter lead time and higher quality. 
 
-You can find full details of the Samman method in the book ["Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman method"](https://leanpub.com/techagilecoach) by Emily Bache.
+You can find full details of the Samman method in the book ["Technical Agile Coaching with the Samman method"](https://leanpub.com/techagilecoach) by Emily Bache. "Samman Coaching" is an official trademark registered in the EU (#019000476) and owned by the Samman Technical Coaching Society.
 
 ## Where to go from here
 

society/about_society.md

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 Our mission is to promote and develop Samman Technical Coaching and support people everywhere who work as [technical coaches](
 {% link reference/technical_coach_definition.md %}) with resources and opportunities to meet other coaches. We are continually learning and using better ways to help individuals and teams to adopt the technical practices that enable iterative and incremental software development. 
 
-The Samman Technical Coaching Society is a not-for-profit organization based in Sweden. The society owns the domain name 'sammancoaching.org' and the brand 'Samman Coaching' and protects these from misuse by third parties. You do not have to join the society in order to use this website or attend society events. We do not offer certification as a Samman coach. However, membership of the society is only offered to technical coaches who have demonstrated their ability to use the Samman method, and who we are prepared to recommend. 
+The Samman Technical Coaching Society is a not-for-profit organization based in Sweden. The society owns the domain name 'sammancoaching.org' and the brand 'Samman Coaching' and protects these from misuse by third parties. Details of the society's trademark registration are available in the [EUIPO database](https://www.euipo.europa.eu/). 
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+You do not have to join the society in order to use this website or attend society events. We do not offer certification as a Samman coach. However, membership of the society is only offered to technical coaches who have demonstrated their ability to use the Samman method, and who we are prepared to recommend. 
 
 Learn more [about membership of the Samman Technical Coaching Society]({% link society/membership.md %}) and find a [list of members and contributors]({% link society/contributors/index.md %}) Organizations cannot become members, but they can [sponsor]({% link society/sponsorship.md %}) the society. If you are interested in joining or sponsoring the society, please [contact us]({% link contact.md %}).