Guidelines for Using Net.Orange Trademarks

You must carefully consider Net.Orange's trademark usage guidelines when mentioning Net.Orange offerings in your materials or in connection with your own products or product names. You must always make a clear and unambiguous distinction between your own solutions, products, and/or services and the Net.Orange offerings mentioned.

Net.Orange accepts no responsibility for any violation of legal regulations regarding competition or trademarks by partners. In addition to these guidelines, country-specific regulations may apply.

Proper Use of Trademarks

Unregistered or pending trademarks bear the T symbol. Registered trademarks carry the ® symbol. A selection of Net.Orange trademarks, both registered and pending, as well as a selection of Net.Orange offering names, are listed in this guide. Please use these names and their symbols according to the guidelines that follow.

The only use that does not require the symbols is a Web application or other onscreen presentation where the low resolution of the medium renders the symbol illegible. However, in such case please attribute Net.Orange trademarks used in this fashion on the attribution page of the application or presentation in accordance with the "Trademark Attribution" section of these guidelines.

To ensure correct use of Net.Orange trademarks, follow these guidelines:

• Always refer to a trademark using the correct spelling with the correct capitalization. Do not alter the trademark in any way.
  For example, it is incorrect to say "net.orange® software" and "COST imaging." It is correct to say "Net.Orange™ software" and "cOST Imaging." See the trademark list for correct spelling and capitalization.
• Always use a trademark as a proper adjective, not a noun.
  For example, it is incorrect to say "You can use Net.Orange to manage your enterprise." It is correct to say "You can use Net.Orange™ solutions to manage your enterprise."
• Use a trademark as a proper adjective followed by a common noun descriptor.
  An example of a common-noun descriptor is "software." Examples of correct use are "Net.Orange™ software," "Net.Orange™ cOST applications," and "Net.Orange™ cOST platform." Always use an appropriate descriptor. See the trademark list for Net.Orange trademarks and appropriate descriptors.
• Include the appropriate symbol -- T or ® -- representing the trademark status.
  If repeated inclusion of the T or ® symbol is awkward or impractical, at a minimum you must include the symbol and the common-noun descriptor upon the first use of the trademark in the title (if the name appears in the title) and also in the text. Subsequent to this initial use, the symbol and descriptor need not appear with the name. For example: "The Net.Orange™ cOST platform is the open integration and application platform that enables change. Net.Orange cOS helps companies align IT with their process."
• The trademark on "Net.Orange" applies to all goods or services delivered by Net.Orange -- anything you can obtain from Net.Orange.
  Therefore you sayNet.Orange™ software, Net.Orange™solution, Net.Orange™ application, Net.Orange™ offering, Net.Orange™ tool, Net.Orange™ solution maps, Net.Orange™ technology, Net.Orange™ services, and so on.
• Do not use a trademark in possessive form.
  For example, it is incorrect to say "Net.Orange™'s software" or "Net.Orange™'s cOS™" or "Net.Orange's cOST platform." It is correct to say "Net.Orange™ software" and "Net.Orange™ cOS™ platform".
• Do not use a trademark in plural form.
  For example, it is incorrect to say "The company had three cOS™ Imagings." It is correct to say "The company had three sites running cOS™ Imagings."
• When referring to the Net.Orange corporate entity rather than the Net.Orange brand, trademark rules do not apply.
  That is, you do not use the ™ symbol in statements such as "Net.Orange announced today," "Net.Orange provides solutions to customers," and "the Net.Orange development team." Similarly, you can use the possessive form "Net.Orange's" when referring to the company, not to the brand. For example, you may say "Net.Orange's vision" and "Net.Orange's years of experience." Self-test: Ask yourself, "Am I referring to the corporation, or to an Net.Orange-brand offering or service?" If you are referring to an Net.Orange brand offering or service, use the ™ symbol.
• Do not use the ™ symbol in industry offering names, such as Net.Orange solutions for Clinics, unless there is no other opportunity to use the ™ symbol after "Net.Orange" within the written piece.
  Here is a correct example: "Net.Orange offers a comprehensive set of solutions for clinics of all sizes and specialties. Net.Orange Solutions for Clinics address needs from front-office to claims and allow physicians to concentrate on what they do best... treat the patient." In the event that you have no opportunity to use the ™ symbol after "Net.Orange" unless it is in an industry portfolio name, do use the ™ symbol. This may occur, for example, in a brief advertisement or sign. Here is a correct example: "Room 100: Conference on Net.Orange™ Solutions for Clinics."

Trademark Attribution

In any material that mentions any Net.Orange trademark, you must include the correct attribution statement based on the following:

"<NET.ORANGE TRADEMARKS> is/are the trademark(s) or registered trademark(s) of Net.Orange, Inc. in the US and in several other countries."

In your attribution statement, replace the placeholder phrase <NET.ORANGE TRADEMARKS> with the names of the Net.Orange trademarks mentioned in your material. Place the statement either on the copyright page (which may be the case in a brochure) or at the end of a material if it has no copyright page (in an advertisement or a press release, for example).

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