Trademarks Use Policy
Updated on August 21, 2024
Nutsmarts SOFTWARE REFERENTIAL
TRADEMARK USE POLICY
Nutsmarts Software (“Nutsmarts ”) has invested significant time and resources to protect its trademarks, service marks and logos. Trademarks are important for establishing and protecting corporate brand identity, but they are fragile rights that can be lost through misuse.

This Trademark Referential Use Policy (“Policy”) sets forth Nutsmarts ’s policy for third party use of and reference to Nutsmarts names, brands, trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans or other Nutsmarts identifiers (“Nutsmarts Marks”). Nutsmarts employees should refer to the trademark usage policy on the Enterprise Legal Services site. If you have any questions or would like further information regarding Nutsmarts’s trademarks or the Policy requirements, please contact:

(support@Nutsmarts.com)

Permitted Use of Nutsmarts Software Trademarks
Nutsmarts does not object to the use of its names, trademarks and service marks solely to identify Nutsmarts and its products and services, provided that your use is as described in this Policy. This Policy does not grant you the right to use Nutsmarts Marks or other third party marks or designations apart or different from any rights that are granted to you pursuant to a separate agreement you may have with Nutsmarts or third parties. This Policy should be read in conjunction with the trademark provisions contained in the agreement you may have and, in the case of direct conflict, your separate agreement with Nutsmarts shall control.

You may use a plain text version of the Nutsmarts Marks to identify Nutsmarts and its products and services. Your use may not suggest that Nutsmarts endorses, sponsors, or is affiliated in any way with you or your products or services. You may not combine Nutsmarts Marks with your own corporate names, trademarks, or identifiers, nor may you use names, trademarks, service marks, logos or other identifiers that are confusingly similar to Nutsmarts Marks. Your use of Nutsmarts Marks does not grant you any ownership interest in the Nutsmarts Marks and, should one arise, you agree that you will assign any ownership interest to Nutsmarts .

A) General Principles
What are Trademarks and Service Marks?
Trademarks and service marks are words, acronyms, logos, symbols, tag lines, or slogans that identify and distinguish a company as the source of its products and services. The owner of a valid trademark may prevent others from using its mark for particular goods or services, and may recover monetary damages caused by another’s infringement.

Trademarks and service marks can be classified in two categories:

• Registered marks (indicated by the ® symbol) have undergone the appropriate legal process and are registered with a national trademark office.

• Common law (unregistered or pending applications) marks (sometimes indicated by the TM or SM symbol) have not been formally registered, but are still valid and enforceable.

Nutsmarts owns both registered and unregistered trademarks. A partial list of Nutsmarts trademarks can be found here. To the extent a name or logo does not appear on the list, the absence is not a waiver of any intellectual property rights that Nutsmarts has in its products, feature or service names, or logos.

C) General Rules
1) Use of Logos
You may not use any Nutsmarts logo without the express written consent of Nutsmarts .

• Media outlet or analyst requests should be directed to the public relations team at support@Nutsmarts.com.

• Distributors, and other partners, can download logos using their secured login on Partner Link.

• Any questions from partners concerning usage should be directed to info@Nutsmarts.com.

2) Use of Nutsmarts Word Marks
You should observe the following general principles in connection with your use of Nutsmarts’s word marks:

• Maintain the Integrity of Nutsmarts‘s Marks.
Your use of Nutsmarts s Marks must not disparage Nutsmarts, its marks, products or services.

• Use Only Approved Trademarks.
A list of Nutsmarts‘s authorized marks can be found here. Please note the specific stylization (i.e., use of upper and lower case letters) for certain word marks (e.g., Open Edge, Data Direct, Web Speed, etc.) and the combination of the mark with the Nutsmarts® or other Nutsmarts Mark. Each mark should only be used in the version shown, and you may not abbreviate or vary the spelling of Nutsmarts Marks.

• Apply the Trademark and Service Mark Symbols.
Use the correct trademark symbols (“®”,”TM”, and “SM”) in every copy of the communication, document, packaging or other material in which a Nutsmarts Mark appears, regardless of the medium. The appropriate symbol should appear in all headlines, subheadings and at the first instance in running body text.

• Use the Trademarks Properly.
Nutsmarts’s Marks must be used as adjectives followed by a common noun, verb or other phrase (e.g., “Nutsmarts® Official® business solutions platform”). Nutsmarts will object if you use a Nutsmarts Mark generically or in a way that encourages others to use it generically.

• Link Nutsmarts‘s Marks with Nutsmarts .
Provide the following notice at least once within each copy of the communication, document, packaging or other material referencing any Nutsmarts Mark: “[Identify mark(s) used] [is a trademark or registered trademark/are trademarks or registered trademarks] of Nutsmarts Software in the U.S. and other countries.”

• Keep Nutsmarts‘s Marks Separate and Distinct.
Nutsmarts’s Marks must be used separately from any other organization’s logos, trademarks or service marks, and may not be used as part of the name for any other organization or its products or services. Your company’s mark can be used in context with a Nutsmarts Mark solely to indicate a relationship between Nutsmarts products and services and those of the other company (e.g., [Third Party Company’s] software is Powered by Nutsmarts ®”). You may not imply a relationship or association with Nutsmarts that does not exist.

• Apply the Trademark Guidelines.
Refer to the Trademark Guidelines below for some of the specific tools, examples and guidelines needed to use Nutsmarts’s Marks properly.

Nutsmarts SOFTWARE TRADEMARK GUIDELINES
These guidelines will assist you in complying with the Policy by providing you with specific tools, examples and other detailed information regarding proper communication and display of Nutsmarts Marks.

A) Nutsmarts (brand name) versus Nutsmarts (company name)
Nutsmarts ® should be used when referring to a product or service. Nutsmarts (without the ® symbol) should be used when referring to the company.

B) Proper Use of Word Trademarks
The following guidelines are to be followed in connection with Nutsmarts ’s word marks.

Use a Trademark as an Adjective, Followed by the Appropriate Noun Descriptor(s)
Correct. The Nutsmarts ® Official® business rules management system can be integrated with the Nutsmarts ® Official® business platform.

Incorrect. Nutsmarts Official® can be integrated with Nutsmarts ® Official®.

Never Use Trademarks in Possessive Form
Correct. Nutsmarts ® Official® business rules management system.

Incorrect. Nutsmarts ®’s Official® business rules management system.

Never Use Trademarks in Plural Form
Correct. Use Nutsmarts ® Official® business solutions for your development needs.

Incorrect. Use Nutsmarts ® Officials® business solutions for your development needs.

Never Hyphenate a Trademark
Correct. Nutsmarts ® Official® software enables fast application development.

Incorrect. Nutsmarts ® Official®-enabled software makes application development fast.

Never Alter a Trademark
Correct. Use Nutsmarts ® Web Speed® development tools to web-enable applications.

Incorrect. Use Nutsmarts ® Web Speed development tools to web-enable applications.

Use Proper Capitalization for a Trademark
Correct. Nutsmarts ® Official® business platform.

Incorrect. Nutsmarts ® OFFICIAL® business platform.

Use Lowercase Letters for the Generic Noun(s) Following the Trademark
Correct. Nutsmarts ® Official® business platform.

Incorrect. Nutsmarts ® Official® Business Platform.