I am not aware of a VMC without trademark registration. Digicert requires it (https://docs.digicert.com/en/certcentral/manage-certificates/verified-mark-certificates--vmc-.html) and I’m not sure if other vendors allow for VMC without a legally registered trademark. It can also be a painful process- you need just the logo in the registration (and not any words or anything that will not appear in the verified mark), and the people at DigiCert are very nice but if you go slightly out of their defined process it really confuses them.
My company does not have a main telephone number and although we finally got our VMC, it took a lot of back and forth to convince them to do another process other than calling our non-existent main telephone number. They found a number in Zoominfo which they claimed was (a) accurate and (b) authoritative. I had to explain to them that both points were wrong. Regards, Owen > On Nov 18, 2025, at 12:05, Sebastian Nielsen via mailop <[email protected]> > wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click > links unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. > Im currently experimenting with BIMI on my domain sebbe.eu <http://sebbe.eu/> > > But I wonder, is there any possibility to get a VMC without a trademark > registration. > I mean, all the CA needs to do is to compare the SVG with for example a > passport or ID card or similiar. > So they don’t need to check if im authorized to act on behalf of a company, > or look up trademark details and such. > > So there should be a process with much less hassle, and less cost too. > > Anyone has any ideas? Or if they know a CA that wants to issue VMC > certificates to non-corporations? > (was a bit tricky to get the SVG below 32 kB but with some work it went well > and looks GREAT too). > > Or maybe the working group behind BIMI could include support for a personal > BIMI certificate, called a PMC – Personal Mark Certificate – where the SVG > must be sufficently similiar to your passport/ID card. > > > Best regards, Sebastian Nielsen > ******************** > CAUTION: > This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click > links unless you can confirm the sender and know the content is safe. > ******************** > > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
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