Yes, international districts, regions and independent groups still need to sign a licensing agreement to use the MA trademarks of the name logo. And no, the general policies regarding the proper (and improper) uses of MA’s IP are not different from those for United States districts/regions.
Although this gets more complicated than is covered by this FAQ, MA enforces its intellectual property rights internationally, and is in the process of ensuring its IP is properly registered outside of the United States. MA’s Trademarks are valid internationally, and can legally be licensed for use by another using a licensing agreement between MA World Services, incorporated in the United States, and any member, group, meeting, region or district located in another country, may enter into an agreement to use their intellectual property subject to the terms they agree to.
There are a few standard contract terms that will need to be different in international written licensing agreements to ensure the contract is enforceable in each country, but despite these minor differences, the overall terms of licensing agreements with a meeting, group, region or district outside of the United States to use the MA name and logo will be the same as in an agreements between two United States parties. The proper and improper uses of MA’s name and logo (and copyrighted material) remain the same for international districts and regions as in the United States districts/regions.
However, because these agreements will need to be slightly different and may vary from country to country, please be patient to allow our volunteers at MA World Services who are drafting these licensing agreements in connection with MA’s Intellectual Property lawyers extra time to ensure that all the international agreements are written correctly so that they are enforceable internationally.
For the purposes of using MA’s Intellectual Property, international districts, regions, groups and meetings outside of the United States should still ensure that they adhere to the same policies, and permitted or prohibited uses of MA’s trademarks and copyrighted materials, as explained more fully in MA’s IP Policy.