Procedures for Handling Unregistered and Registered Trademarks in IEEE Standards

The new trademark procedures for placement in IEEE standards are given below. Sample text in PDF format is also attached.

802®
The registered trademark 802 should be followed by the ® symbol on first usage in the front matter and main body of the standard (trademarks will not appear in running heads). This would most likely occur on the title page and in Clause 2 of the standards. The ® symbol applies only to the base 802 mark, and not the derivatives of that mark.

Examples:

802®
IEEE 802®
IEEE Std 802®-2002

Derivatives of 802
Other parts of the 802 family of standards should be followed by the ™ symbol on first usage in the front matter and main body of the standard.

 Examples:

802.15.1TM
IEEE 802.15.1TM 
IEEE Std 802.15.1TM -2001
IEEE Std 802.15aTM –2002
IEEE P802TM/D4
IEEE P802.15TM /D15

Unregistered designations
Other designations that are not registered should be followed by the ™ symbol on first usage in the front matter and main body of the standard.

 Examples:

1516.1TM
IEEE 1516.1TM 
IEEE Std 1516.1TM -2001
IEEE Std 1516bTM -2002
IEEE P1516TM/D8

Get IEEE 802TM
Although 802 appears in Get IEEE 802TM, it would be deceptive to indicate a registered trademark after the string. The program name should be followed by the ™ symbol on first citation. However, a trademark statement identifying 802 as a trademark of the IEEE should also be included prominently in text footnote (see following Example).

Example:

On first citation of Get IEEE 802 (footnote text):

IEEE and 802 are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated.

Trademark statement
At first citation of 802 or any other registered trademark of the IEEE, a trademark statement should be placed in a footnote or in an area designated for copyright statements. All trademark or copyright statements should be consistent within a document. The wording for these statements is given below.

 Examples:

POSIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated. 

On first citation of 802 (footnote text):

IEEE and 802 are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated.

In area for copyright statements:

The copyright statements should be placed in the copyright text that appears on the title page or on page ii when the copyright statement overflows to the second front matter page. An example is given below.
__________________

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5997, USA

Copyright © 2002 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published 14 June 2002. Printed in the United States of America.

IEEE and 802 are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated.

Print: ISBN 0-7381-3068-0 SH94963
PDF: ISBN 0-7381-3069-9 SS94963

No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

After a list of designations with ™ symbols (footnote text most likely for the Reference clause or Bibliography):

The IEEE standards referred to in Clause 2/Annex A/Figure X are trademarks of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Other issues

Trademarks in names associated with IEEE standards

The trademark symbols ® and ™ may be used on first citation of entities associated with IEEE standards.

Examples:

IEEE 802® Working Group
IEEE 802® Plenary
IEEE 1516™ Working Group

Copyright page

The following paragraph, which currently appears after the note on the copyright page, should be deleted:

The IEEE and its designees are the sole entities that may authorize the use of the IEEE-owned certification marks and/or trademarks to indicate compliance with the materials set forth herein.

IEEE-SA Trademark Usage/Compliance Statement 

This statement should be deleted from the front matter of all standards.