Many ITIL professionals are not aware about what Crown Copyright is and that it covers ITIL publications. They freely use the contents - both textual as well as diagrammatic from these publications, without realising that they might be infringing the copyright. It is true that for using ITIL you need not pay any royalty to OGC, but it is also true that these publications are copyrighted.
Let us first understand Crown Copyright. It is a form of copyright that is used by the governments of a number of Commonwealth dominion. The name is derived from the Crown, i.e., the entities of the state of Queen of Great Britain. It provides special copyright rules.
Crown Copyright covers ITIL and all related OGC publications. These publications are owned by OGC. For reproduction or usage of these materials (including logos, contents from publications, diagrams, etc.) in any form, one is required to have a license from OGC or their official Accreditor – APM Group.
In case one is using OGC word marks, like ITIL, one has to mention the acknowledgement as specified below, along with the usage of symbology of registered trademark (®), which has to be on the same page as product work mark. This has to be done only for the first usage of the product word mark.
“ITIL® is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce in the United Kingdom and other countries”.
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