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IEEE Standards Association Copyright Policy

IEEE Standards Association ("IEEE-SA") offers copyright permission, on a non-discriminatory basis, for any and all uses. IEEE-SA associated materials include IEEE standards and drafts, IEEE-SA policies, procedures, by-laws and publications associated with the IEEE Standards Information Network ("IEEE-SIN"), (hereinafter, the "IEEE-SA Documents"). The payment of royalty may be required, depending on the amount of material to be utilized and/or the intended use of those materials.

Royalty Free Permission*

IEEE-SA policy holds that anyone may excerpt and publish up to, but not more than, ten percent (10%) of the entirety of an IEEE-SA Document (excluding IEEE SIN books) on a royalty-free basis, so long as:

1) Proper acknowledgment is provided;
2) The 'heart' of the standard is not entirely contained within the portion being excerpted.

This includes the use of tables, graphs, figures, abstracts and scope statements from IEEE Documents. Furthermore, the IEEE-SA generally provides royalty free permission to utilize any templates and individual definitions provided in an IEEE Document. In these instances, the IEEE-SA only requests that the user properly reference the title and numeric designation of the relevant standard(s) being excerpted. The following is an example of one such reference:

IEEE Std 802B™-2004, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture Amendment 2: Registration of Object Identifiers

Should you require correspondence requiring such permission, please contact IEEE-SA Intellectual Property Rights.

*NOTE: The Royalty Free Permission policy does not apply to books or other materials published by IEEE-SIN.

Permission Requiring Royalty

Permission to excerpt more than ten percent (10%) of the entirety of an IEEE Document or, the 'heart' of any particular IEEE Document (regardless of quantitative sum of the material encompassing the 'heart') generally requires a license agreement and the payment of royalty. Should you require such permission, please contact IEEE-SA Intellectual Property Rights.

Referencing an IEEE standard

It is not necessary to obtain permission from the IEEE when merely referencing an IEEE Document. If there are potential marketing opportunities, it may be helpful to get in touch with the IEEE Standards Department in order to provide ordering information or distribution availability. However, there is no requirement for notification. An IEEE standard may be cited just as you would cite any other copyrighted material.