Intellectual Property

SASAL’s intellectual property supports its platform, brand and original business-development materials. This page explains the main categories and how to ask about permission to use them.

1. Brand and trademark

Registered trademark: “SASAL” — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Registration No. 7968614. SASAL’s brand materials include its logos, visual identity and related original creative assets.

2. Platform and original materials

SASAL and its licensors retain rights in the platform software and applicable materials. SASAL’s original materials include business-development frameworks, methods, reports and visual assets developed through its work.

Rights in third-party content remain with the relevant rights holders. Ownership and permitted use of customer content are described in the Terms of Service.

3. SASAL International Growth Matrix

The SASAL International Growth Matrix (SGIM™) is SASAL’s proprietary framework for reviewing international growth, market-expansion approaches, partnership strategies and cross-border business-development models.

Associated materials include its methodology and matrix structure, sixteen Growth Archetypes, assessment and classification methods, taxonomy, visual assets and supporting reports and interpretations.

4. Permission to use materials

Access to SASAL does not itself grant unrestricted rights to reproduce, adapt, publish, redistribute or commercially reuse protected materials. Use must follow the applicable license, written permission or legal rights that apply to the material.

For a question about brand use, licensing or permission, please use the Contact page and describe the materials and intended use.