Dear Customers

The Basel-Stadt Court of Appeal, responsible for trademark disputes, has, in an emergency measure requested by the Swiss Informatics Society, prohibited us from using the ICDL and ECDL trademarks until further notice. We disagree with this decision and will immediately file an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against what we consider to be an unjust and disproportionate measure.

The court based its decision on a legal prognosis regarding the validity of the termination of our trademark license. A final, supreme court ruling on the validity of the termination, which is the subject of our original appeal, is still pending.

The imposed emergency measure remains in effect until the appeal proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court commence. Therefore, we must suspend all testing operations with immediate effect and are temporarily unable to issue any new ICDL certificates. The ICDL IDs you have obtained from us remain valid, and you are entitled, according to the rules of the international program, to complete ongoing certifications; certificates already issued remain accessible via your online profile.

We will inform you immediately about the suspension or, as we intend, the lifting of the business ban and the resumption of operations. Information regarding temporary operations at Sophia Testing.

Our team is extremely sorry to be temporarily prevented from fulfilling our obligations to the candidates and the participating schools in this way.

Sincerely,
The Digital Literacy AG Team