FACE Trademark Usage Guidelines & Cpyright Permissins The Open Grup Future Airbrne Capability Envirnment (FACE ) Cnsrtium uses FACE and FACE lg design ("the Trademark(s)) in cnnectin with, but nt limited t, FACE pen standards, guides, prducts, services and certificatin f cnfrmance. These are bth trademarks f The Open Grup. Prper use f the Trademark(s) reinfrces its rle as a brand and helps prevent it frm becming a generic name that can be used by anyne. We ask that yu help us prtect ur mark by adhering t these crrect usage guidelines. Hwever, f themselves, these guidelines d nt grant permissin t use any trademark. Please nte that the FACE Trademark(s) may nt be used: As a generic term; In cnjunctin with prduct names, dmain names, business names, lgs and similar usage withut prir permissin frm The Open Grup; With r in cnnectin with wrds (such as but nt limited t "certify(ied)", "cnfrmant", "accredited", "fficial", "apprved" "guaranteed" "recgnized") that imply certificatin f cnfrmance where nne has been granted by the FACE Certificatin Authrity (CA); With r in cnnectin with "cmpliance"; there is n FACE cmpliance certificatin, but nly cnfrmance certificatin. In any way that culd cause cnfusin as t spnsrship, affiliatin, r endrsement by The Open Grup r The Open Grup FACE Cnsrtium. When using the Trademark: The FACE Cnsrtium has established the FACE Cnfrmance Prgram, under which prducts may be certified as cnfrming t the FACE Technical Standard. NO USE may be made f the Trademark(s) n r in cnnectin with prducts, EXCEPT THAT, it is acceptable t use the fllwing: Prir t submitting a prduct int the FACE Cnfrmance Prgram, vendrs may make factual claims that their prduct was develped t align with the requirements defined in the FACE Technical Standard. Crrect: My prduct XX was develped in alignment with the FACE Technical Standard. Crrect: My prduct XX is aligned with the FACE Technical Standard. Incrrect: My prduct XX is FACE aligned. Incrrect: My prduct XX is FACE cnfrmant. Vendrs may make factual claims that they cmpleted the FACE Verificatin prcess, nly if they used ne f the apprved Verificatin Authrities (VAs) and can prduce a valid Statement f Verificatin. Use f the term FACE Verified is nt permitted. Crrect: My prduct XX has cmpleted the FACE Verificatin prcess, with assistance frm YYY, a FACE Cnsrtium apprved Verificatin Authrity (VA). Valid Statement f Verificatin is available upn request. FACE Trademark Usage Guidelines and Cpyright Permissins V2.0 2016 The Open Grup Page 1 f 5
Crrect: My prduct XX has been verified t meet applicable requirements defined in the FACE Technical Standard. Valid Statement f Verificatin is available upn request. Incrrect: My prduct XX is verified as FACE Cnfrmant. Incrrect: My prduct XX is FACE Verified. Incrrect: My prduct XX is FACE Cnfrmant. Any claims f FACE prduct certificatin may nly be made public after the FACE Certificatin Authrity (CA) has issued the FACE Cnfrmance Certificate and the Certified Unit f Cnfrmance (UC) has been added t the FACE Registry. In the case f a FACE Certified UC which is nt listed in the FACE Registry, the Sftware Supplier: MAY NOT make claims f UC certificatin in any publicly available material, including, but nt by way f limitatin, marketing and publicity materials, web cllaterals, trade shw, r cnference presentatins. MAY shw (but nt prvide a cpy f except as set frth in the bullet immediately belw) the applicable FACE Cnfrmance Certificate t a custmer r ptential custmer as evidence f UC Certificatin. MAY prvide a cpy f the applicable FACE Cnfrmance Certificate t a custmer r ptential custmer upn request during the cmpetitive prcess. Vendrs may make factual public claims that they cmpleted the FACE Certificatin prcess after the CA has issued the FACE Cnfrmance Certificate and the Certified UC has been added t the FACE Registry. Crrect: My prduct XX has been certified t cnfrm t applicable requirements defined in the FACE Technical Standard. Crrect: My prduct is certified as cnfrming t the FACE Technical Standard. Crrect: My prduct XX is certified as FACE Cnfrmant. Crrect: My prduct XX is FACE Certified. Crrect: My prduct XX is FACE Cnfrmant. In prpsals, editrials r articles, but nt in advertising, the Trademark(s) may be used withut prir permissin, prvided that the rules in ur Trademark Usage Guidelines are fllwed. In all ther cases, btaining prir permissin is required. Detailed guidelines referring t the visual presentatin, graphical design, frm, and manner f use must be fllwed. The Trademark(s) must always be used in white arund them and must never be superimpsed n r used in assciatin with ther graphics r trademarks. In print, whenever and wherever the Trademark(s) appear, they must be distinguished frm the surrunding text. This applies t all frms f printed media, including advertising cpy, prduct packaging, brchures, manuals, internal memranda, editrial, articles, press releases, crrespndence, prjected and handut presentatin materials, and t cmputer r ther digital electrnic device vide screens. Methds f distinguishing the Trademark FACE Trademark Usage Guidelines and Cpyright Permissins V2.0 2016 The Open Grup Page 2 f 5
include printing it in UPPER CASE, italicized fnt, bld-faced fnt r placing the Trademark in "qutatin marks". The Trademark shuld be used as an adjective, and always be fllwed by the cmmn generic (dictinary name) f the prduct: Fr example: FACE Technical Standard, FACE Cnfrmance, FACE Reference Implementatin Guide, FACE Business Practices, FACE Cnfrmance Prgram, FACE Cnfrmance Plicy, FACE Cnfrmance Certificate, FACE Business Guide, FACE Cntract Guide, FACE Data Mdel, FACE Enterprise Architecture Wrk Prducts, FACE tls, FACE Cnfrmance Test Suite, FACE SDKs, FACE ITKs, FACE wrk prducts, FACE artifacts, FACE Warranty f Cnfrmance, FACE data rights, FACE Library, FACE Registry, FACE Repsitry, etc. Never use the Trademark as a nun Incrrect: FACE is being increasingly leveraged within Gvernment and Industry prducts Incrrect: ABC cmpany will implement FACE. Crrect: The FACE apprach is being leveraged n current systems tday t prvide new capabilities at lwer integratin cst. Crrect: EFG Cmpany will develp a FACE implementatin. Never use the Trademark as a verb Incrrect: ABC cmpany FACEified xxx prduct. Incrrect: ABC cmpany will FACE xxx prduct. Never use the Trademark with the wrd "cmplian(t)(ce)" Incrrect: ABC cmpany has a FACE Cmpliant prduct. Never use the Trademark in plural frm Crrect: ABC cmpany and EFG cmpany use the same systems that specify the FACE standard Incrrect: ABC cmpany and EFG cmpany use the same FACEs Never use the Trademark in pssessive frm: Crrect: The FACE applicatin prgramming interface specificatins Incrrect: FACE s prgramming interfaces. Crrect: The structure f the FACE dcumentatin Incrrect: The structure f FACE s dcumentatin Refrain frm hyphenating a Trademark: Crrect: FACE cmpnent-based Incrrect: FACE-based, FACE-like Crrect: cnnecting applicatins t FACE architectures Incrrect: Apps-t-FACE Crrect: FACE Cnfrmant Incrrect: FACE-Cnfrmant Incrrect: FACE-Cmpliant, FACE Cmpliant FACE Trademark Usage Guidelines and Cpyright Permissins V2.0 2016 The Open Grup Page 3 f 5
The Trademark shuld never be cmbined t frm a new wrd, cmbined with ther wrds, be hyphenated, r abbreviated: Incrrect: FA*C Incrrect: FACEy Incrrect: FACEified Incrrect: FACE <prduct name>, FACE<prduct name> Incrrect: nn-face The Trademark shuld never fllw anther acrnym r prper name, which culd be perceived as a new trademark cntaining the FACE acrnym: Incrrect: COTS FACE Slutin Incrrect: Cmpany XXX FACE representatives Incrrect: POSIX FACE APIs Crrect : ACE COTS slutins, r FACE slutins based n COTS prducts Crrect : FACE representatives frm XXX Crrect : FACE APIs frm POSIX Standard, r FACE APIs based n POSIX Standard FACE Trademark Usage Guidelines and Cpyright Permissins V2.0 2016 The Open Grup Page 4 f 5
Trademark Acknwledgment and Attributin Trademark acknwledgment and attributin is imprtant as it reminds cmpetitrs, licensees, custmers, and thers that The Open Grup claims exclusive rights in the marks, and is required whenever a Trademark f The Open Grup is used. At the first and mst significant use f the Trademark, and in subsequent tpics r pages where the trademark wuld appear independently if separated, yu shuld use the apprpriate trademark symbl, fr an unregistered trademark r fr a registered trademark, and include the fllwing attributin f The Open Grup s wnership f the Trademark at the ftnte r credit sectin f yur dcument, publicatin, prduct, r ther cmmunicatin. FACE and lg design are trademarks f The Open Grup in the United States and ther cuntries. Please nte that: It is acceptable t use an asterisk in place f the trademark symbl where the medium used (fr example, electrnic mail) cannt reprduce the r symbls. Hwever, this is nt intended t authrize use f the asterisk as the nrm. Yu may translate the trademark attributin t natinal language(s). Blanket r generic attributins (such as All trademarks are the prperty f their respective wners ) are nt acceptable. Individual trademarks may be acknwledged. COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS Fair use extracts frm ur published Materials is permitted when referencing the Technical Standard fr Future Airbrne Capability Envirnment (FACE ) and its updates with the apprpriate citatins, cpyright, and trademark acknwledgement/attributins. Fr yur ready reference, the fllwing examples f apprpriate wrding may be used: symbl is affixed after mentin f FACE in titles and headers: FACE Ftnte citatin/attributin: Technical Standard fr the Future Airbrne Capability Envirnment (FACE ), Editin 2.0, 2013 The Open Grup. FACE is a trademark f The Open Grup in the United States and ther cuntries. Publicatin frnt matter acknwledgement/attributin (as applicable): "xxxx acknwledges The Open Grup fr permissin t include text/figures derived frm its cpyrighted Technical Standard fr the Future Airbrne Capability Envirnment (FACE ), Editin 2.0. FACE is a trademark f The Open Grup in the United States and ther cuntries." Illustratins shuld include the cpyright mark: The Open Grup. When acknwledging excerpts frm ther FACE publicatins, replace the italicized title, editin and year f publicatin in the example abve with the actual title, editin and year f publicatin f the FACE Cnsrtium dcument being referenced. FACE Trademark Usage Guidelines and Cpyright Permissins V2.0 2016 The Open Grup Page 5 f 5