Logo Blanket Permission Has Been Expanded and Reprint Requests Limited

OA’s Logo Request Form (PDF or DOCX) and Reprint Request Form have both been carefully revised to reflect the current practices and policies of OA. If your group or service body plans to request permission to modify and use our OA trademarks or to reprint OA literature, please download these new forms and submit them to info@staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org. If you send an older form, you will be redirected to fill out the new form.

Expanded Blanket Permission

The updated Logo Request Form includes the new, lengthier definition of blanket permission for service bodies, which now reads as follows:

“You may apply for blanket privilege if you are applying on behalf of an officially registered service body and your service body intends to use your customized trademark on flyers; posters; billboards; bus/transportation posters; banners for public/professional outreach and/or at service body assemblies; newsletters; meeting lists; business cards; stationery; service body’s bylaws, summary of purpose, and/or procedures manual; websites; and social media sites.”

Reprint Request Limits

The updated Reprint Request Form reflects the recently approved reprint limits, which read as follows:

“Please be reminded that, per request and purpose, permission to reprint will be granted for no more than:

  • two pieces of OA literature,
  • two quotes from each of the two pieces of literature, and
  • two paragraphs per quote. Exception: If quoting from our daily readers (For Today and Voices of Recovery), two full entries for two dates may be reprinted, i.e., ‘March 17’ and ‘December 22.’”

For more information about reprinting and sharing OA-copyrighted material, see the following resources on staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org:

Copyright and Trademark Requests page

Sharing OA-Copyright Material Electronically letter

The Logo Request Form and Reprint Request Form can both be found in the Document Library on staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org and are linked on our Copyright and Trademark Requests page.

Literature Titles
Automatically translated literature titles appearing on this page are for reference only and may not exactly match the official titles approved by OA, Inc. and A.A. World Services, Inc.

Translation Permission
All registered OA groups and service bodies have permission to translate and reprint any OA document or text currently on the OA website. Permission includes the right to distribute automatically translated material and the right to correct errors in automatic translations. Translation corrections should be as close as possible to the meaning of the original English text, with nothing added or omitted. Translated materials must include this statement in the language of the translation: This is a translation of OA-approved literature. © Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All rights reserved.

To translate OA documents with significant graphic design, see Free Licensed Images, Translation, and Graphic Design Platform for Intergroups and Service Boards Registered as Nonprofits/Charities.

To obtain OA-approved literature in your language, contact your service body or see the Digital Files in Translation list and Guidelines for Translation of OA literature.

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