Originally posted by Mindy GCU Community Manager: Jun 1st, 2010, 1:05pm
Please REMOVE the below terms below from any existing cards and avoid using them in new cards as soon as possible. This applies to terms in your images, inside verses, titles and keywords.
AA
Alcoholics Anonymous
NA
Narcotics Anonymous
The Big Book
Trademarks and Logos
A.A. World Services and the Grapevine have registered a number of trademarks and logos, and the guidelines for using them are based partly on legal considerations and partly on the nature of A.A.
The following is a complete list of registered trademarks and service marks that symbolize Alcoholics Anonymous, its work and its purpose: A.A.; Alcoholics Anonymous; The Big Book; Box 4-5-9; The Grapevine; A.A. Grapevine; GV; Box 1980, La Viña.
Use of these marks on goods or services that do not emanate from A.A.,and have not been approved by A.A., both infringes upon and dilutes A.A. marks, in legal terms. The resulting harm is that the marks and A.A. itself, since A.A. is what the marks symbolize, will come to be associated with a variety of products and services that are not part of A.A., and are not consistent with A.A.’s purpose. This will cause the marks to lose their meaning and significance as symbols of Alcoholics Anonymous.
This also applies to written works so any written materials from these organizations as well as verbiage of the 12 steps themselves are not allowed.
EXAMPLES of ALLOWED TERMS / KEYWORDS:
For these reasons please only use related keywords that are not reflective of the organizations themselves (A.A., N.A., etc.).
For example consider using: substance abuse, addict, addiction, recovery, alcohol, drugs, narcotics, alcoholic, drug free, sober, sobriety, clean, drug free, dry, etc.
We’ve identified 12 Step programs to be a widely used and common methodology so at this time we ARE allowing “12 Step” as a term.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.