As of today - 1st September 2011 - the Trademark ownership for a whole bunch of frameworks and intellectual property has passed from the Office of Government Commerce to The Cabinet Office.
The transfer and demise of the Office of Government Commerce (the OGC web site, states in big red letters that their web site will cease to exist from the 1st October 2011) is a bit of a mystery, but I'm sure it's about control and naturally politics !!
The following statement was released by the APM Group (the sole official accreditor for all of the frameworks affected).
The Best Management Practice trademarks are now the sole property of the Cabinet Office, part of HM Government. To formalise the move of the Best Management Practice portfolio from the Office of Government Commerce,* the related trademarks and crown copyright have now transferred to the Cabinet Office
From 1 September 2011 the ATO, ACO and affiliate communities can, if they wish, begin to use the revised Best Management Practice trademarks and applicable acknowledgement statements. The Cabinet Office are also currently reviewing all the logos associated with the Best Management Practice portfolio.
Please note: The Cabinet Office wishes to minimize the pressure on the community to initiate any changes, particularly when further updates may be required as a result of the review of logos. To this end, making changes to your associated Best Management Practice materials and communications at this stage is discretionary, not compulsory
You can see the frameworks affected by visiting http://www.best-management-practice.com/officialsite.asp
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