Established policies on
the use of the IEEE logo
and Master Brand shall
be followed.
Reference Policy 6.3.2
Guidelines for Use of IEEE
Logo and
“IEEE”.
General
Policies. In order
to maximize the value of
IEEE publications to
authors, users and the
IEEE, the following IEEE
copyright policies shall be
applied throughout the IEEE:
1)
IEEE
shall
serve and
protect the
interests of
its authors
and their employers.
2)
All
technical,
educational
and
professional
publications
of the IEEE,
except
newsletters,
but
including
Society
and
Technical
Council
Newsletters,
are required
to be
copyrighted
by the IEEE.
3)
Copyright
shall be
held by the
IEEE and not
any of its
organizational units.
4)
The
Intellectual
Property
Rights
Office is
responsible
for the
administration
of all IEEE
copyright
matters
under these
policies and
the
procedures
which shall
be
specified in
the PSPB
Operations
Manual. This
includes
obtaining
the
copyright
registration,
handling
reprint
and
republication
requests,
maintaining
copyright
records, and
administering
fees when
appropriate.
The
Intellectual
Property
Rights
Office may,
at its
discretion,
delegate
some or all
of its
copyright
implementation
responsibilities
to other
IEEE
departments
if they have
significant
publishing
activity,
subject to
procedures
approved by
a member of
the IEEE
staff, as
designated
by the
Executive Director.
5)
Third-Party
Rights to
Reuse
IEEE-Copyrighted
Material.
Licenses and
permissions
to use IEEE
copyrighted
material
(abstracts,
full text,
etc.) for
commercial
or other
non-IEEE
related
purposes may
be granted
under terms
approved by
the IEEE
Publication
Services and
Products Board.
6)
Fees
for the
reuse of
IEEE
material are
appropriate
for
contributing
to the cost
of original
publication,
especially
where the
reuse
involves the
republication
of
material, or
any
commercial uses.
7)
Prior
to
publication
by the IEEE,
all authors
or their
employers
shall
transfer to
the IEEE in
writing any
copyright
they hold
for their
individual
papers. Such
transfer
shall be a
necessary
requirement
for
publication,
except for
material in
the public
domain or
which is
reprinted
with
permission
from a
copyrighted publication.
8)
In
return
for the
transfer of
authors’
rights, the
IEEE
shall grant
authors and
their
employers’
permission
to make
copies
and
otherwise
reuse the
material
under terms
approved by
the Board of
Directors
which shall
be
specified in
the PSPB
Operations Manual.
9)
After
IEEE
accepts the
work for
publication
and the
copyright
has been
transferred,
changes or
revisions to
the work
shall not be
made without
further
review and approval.
10)
For
jointly
sponsored
conferences,
which might
require
special
copyright
arrangements,
those
arrangements
shall be
made in
accordance
with the
procedures
which shall
be
specified in
the PSPB
Operations Manual.
11)
Copyrighting
Electronic
Information
shall follow
the
electronic
information
dissemination
procedures,
which
shall be
specified in
the PSPB
Operations Manual.
12)
The
PSPB or
its
authorized
designee
shall
consider the
allowance of
any
exceptions
to these
Copyright policies.
6.3.2
Guidelines
for Use of IEEE Logo and "IEEE"
The following are guidelines
on the use of the IEEE logo,
i.e., the diamond-shaped
emblem which is registered
with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office as the
trademark of the IEEE, and
on the use of "IEEE," the
recognized abbreviation of
The Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
The IEEE logo should be
used on IEEE’s
wholly owned
publications and also on
meeting notices, programs
and other promotional
literature and products.
On any of these, the
logo should be displayed
prominently at least once
accompanied by the
registration mark, i.e.,
the R in a circle ( ® )
shown at the lower right
of the emblem. On
publications, it is
recommended that the logo
appear on the front cover
and title page, if any.
When used with a logo
of an organizational
unit within IEEE, the
IEEE logo should be at least
the same size as the other
logo, preferably larger or
in a more prominent
position. In
publications produced in
cooperation with groups
outside the IEEE all
logos should be the same
size. (It may be
acceptable to use logos
in different sizes to
reflect unequal participation.)
In every use, the
integrity of the logo
must be preserved. For example:
(1)
Only the
complete,
official
logo in
either solid
or
outline form
may be used.
(Hand drawn
or deformed
versions are
not permitted.)
(2)
Neither the
whole nor
recognizable
parts may be
incorporated
into another
logo whether
designed by
an IEEE
organizational
unit or not.
(3)
The logo may
be printed
in any color
with another
color as
background,
but should
not be
printed in
several colors.
(4)
The logo
should not
be obscured
by any other
design,
lettering, etc.
(5)
The logo
should not
be used frivolously.
The logo shall be used
only in connection with
official business of the
IEEE.
