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InfoPlus Trademark Guidelines and Policy
Version 2.0, January 2022
This policy grants you limited permission to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks in connection with your use of the Services. It is incorporated by reference into the Infoplus Commerce Terms of Service.
These Infoplus Commerce Trademark Guidelines (the "Trademark Guidelines") form an integral part of the Infoplus Commerce Terms of Service (the "Terms of Service") between Forms Distribution Corp., dba Infoplus Commerce ("Infoplus Commerce", “Infoplus”, "we," or "us") a Missouri Corporation, and you or the entity you represent ("you").
The Infoplus Commerce Marks are assets of significant value to us and these Trademark Guidelines are intended to preserve that value. These Trademark Guidelines provide you limited permission to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks (as defined below), in connection with your use of the Services (as defined in the Terms of Service), or in connection with software products designed to be used with the Services, on the terms set forth herein and in the Terms of Service, until such time as we may terminate such permission, which we may do at any time, in our sole discretion.
Definitions
For the purposes of these Trademark Guidelines, "Infoplus Commerce Marks" means the following trademarks, service marks, service or trade names, logos, product names, or designations of Infoplus Commerce and its affiliates:
- The logos in the forms shown below (the "Logo"); and
- "Infoplus Commerce", Infoplus" and any other Infoplus Commerce Marks and Services made available from time to time.
Logos
Limited Permission
Provided that you are in good standing with a current and valid account for use of the Services and provided, further, that you comply at all times with the terms of both the Terms of Service and these Trademark Guidelines, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable permission, under our intellectual property rights in and to the Infoplus Commerce Marks, and only to the limited extent of our intellectual property rights in and to the Infoplus Commerce Marks, to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks for the following limited purpose, and only for such limited purpose:
You may utilize the Logo or the appropriate form(s) of the "for" or equivalent naming convention or URL naming convention, as set forth below, to:
- Identify your content and applications (as defined in the Terms of Service) as using the Services; or
- To identify software tools or applications that you create and distribute that are intended for use in connection with the Services.
Without limitation of any provision in the Terms of Service, you acknowledge that any use that you elect to make of the Infoplus Commerce Marks, even if permitted hereunder, is at your sole risk and that we shall have no liability or responsibility in connection therewith.
Your permission to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks is limited permission and you may not use the Infoplus Commerce Marks for any other purpose. You may not transfer, assign or sublicense your limited permission to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks to any other person or entity.
Your use of the Infoplus Commerce Marks shall comply with:
- The most up-to-date versions of the Terms of Service and these Trademark Guidelines; and
- Any other terms, conditions, or policies that we may issue from time to time to govern the use of the Infoplus Commerce Marks.
Your permission to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks hereunder shall automatically terminate and you must immediately stop using the Infoplus Commerce Marks if at any time:
The Terms of Service is terminated;
- Your content no longer uses any of the Services, or your applications cannot be used with any of the Services, as applicable; or
- Your account is closed, either by you or by us.
Modification and Termination
You understand and agree that without prior notice to you and at our sole discretion:
- We may modify these Trademark Guidelines at any time;
- We may modify or terminate your limited permission to use the Infoplus Commerce Marks, at any time in our sole discretion, for any reason or for no reason at all; and
- We reserve the right to take any and all actions including, without limitation, legal proceedings, against any use of the Infoplus Commerce Marks that does not comply with the Terms of Service or these Trademark Guidelines.
No Affiliation or Endorsement
You will not display the Infoplus Commerce Marks in any manner that implies that you are related to, affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by us, or in a manner that could reasonably be interpreted to suggest that your content, application, website, product, or service, has been authored or edited by us, or represents our views or opinions.
No Disparagement
You may only use the Infoplus Commerce Marks in a manner designed to maintain the highest standard, quality and reputation that is associated with the Infoplus Commerce Marks and you will not use the Infoplus Commerce Marks to disparage us or our products or services.
No Dominant Display; Infoplus Commerce Mark Differentiation
You may not display any Infoplus Commerce Mark as the largest or most prominent trademark in any materials (including, without limitation, any website or product literature) associated with your content, application, software tool, or other software application. When using any Infoplus Commerce Mark (other than the Logo, with respect to which the formatting requirements are set forth below, or in a URL), you must distinguish the Infoplus Commerce Mark from the name of your content and/or other surrounding text by capitalizing the first letter of the Infoplus Commerce Mark, capitalizing or italicizing the entire Infoplus Commerce Mark, placing the Infoplus Commerce Mark in quotes, or using a different style or color of the font for the Infoplus Commerce Mark.
Formatting Requirements with Respect to the Logo
No Modification
We will make the Logo images available to you on the Infoplus Commerce site. You may not remove, distort or modify any element of the Logo; provided however, you may transform the file format itself, for ease of use.
Alt/Title Attribute
The Alternative Text (alt/title attribute of the image tag) should either be set to the following text or be left blank: "Powered by Infoplus Commerce".
Permissible Uses of the Infoplus Commerce Marks
Except for the Logo (with respect to which the formatting requirements are set forth above), you may only use the Infoplus Commerce Marks: (i) in a relational phrase using "for" or one of the limited number of equivalent naming conventions , as set forth below; or (ii) to the right of the top level domain name in a URL in the format set forth below.
Relational Phrases
Example of Permissible Use: "Logtastic - Audit Logging for Infoplus Commerce"
Equivalents: You may replace "for" in the example above with any of the following, so long as the term you use is accurate when used with the Infoplus Commerce Marks you use: "for use with"; "with"; "compatible with"; "works with"; "powered by"; "built on"; "built with"; "developed on"; "developed with."
You may replace "Infoplus Commerce" in the examples above with any of the Infoplus Commerce Marks, so long as your usage of the Infoplus Commerce Marks is accurate.
URLs
Example of Permissible Use: www.logtastic.com/infoplus
Equivalents: You may replace "infoplus" in the example above with any of the Infoplus Commerce Marks, so long as your usage of the Infoplus Commerce Marks is accurate.
Hyperlinking
You shall link each use of the Infoplus Commerce Marks directly to the following URL, wherever technically feasible: https://www.infopluscommerce.com. You may open the URL in a new browser window. You may not link the Infoplus Commerce Marks to any website other than the primary URL for the applicable Service. You may not frame or mirror any of our website pages.
No Combination
You may not hyphenate, combine or abbreviate the Infoplus Commerce Marks. You shall not incorporate the Infoplus Commerce Marks into the name of your organization, or your services, products, trademark, or logos. The foregoing prohibition includes the use of the Infoplus Commerce Marks in the name of any application, service, or product or in a URL to the left of the top-level domain name (e.g., ".com", ".net", ".uk", etc.). For example, URLs such as infoplus.mydomain.com", "infopluscommercmydomain.com" are expressly prohibited.
Attribution
You must include the following statement in any materials that include the Infoplus Commerce Marks: "Infoplus Commerce, the Infoplus Commerce logo, [and name any other Infoplus Commerce Marks used in such materials] are trademarks of Infoplus Commerce or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries." In addition, the Infoplus Commerce Marks must be designated with the ™/"tm" notice as indicated in Section 2 of these Trademark Guidelines.
No Misleading Use
You may not display the Infoplus Commerce Marks in any manner that is misleading, unfair, defamatory, infringing, libelous, disparaging, obscene, or otherwise objectionable as determined by us in our sole discretion.
Trade Dress
You may not imitate the trade dress or "look and feel" of any of our websites or pages contained in any of our websites, including without limitation, the branding, color combinations, fonts, graphic designs, product icons, or other elements associated with us.
Compliance with Law; Appropriate Activities
You may not use the Infoplus Commerce Marks in any manner that violates any United States or foreign, federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or other, law or regulation. Without limiting the foregoing, or any provision in the Terms of Service, you may not display any Infoplus Commerce Mark on your site if your site contains or displays adult content or promotes illegal activities, gambling, or the sale of tobacco or alcohol to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.
Reservation of Rights
Except for the limited permission specified above, nothing in the Terms of Service or these Trademark Guidelines shall grant or be deemed to grant you any right, license, title or interest in or to any Infoplus Commerce Mark or any of our or our affiliates’ other trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, product names, service names, legends, other designations, or abbreviations of any of the foregoing. You acknowledge and agree that we and our affiliates retain any and all intellectual property and other proprietary rights in and to the Infoplus Commerce Marks. All use by you of the Infoplus Commerce Marks including any goodwill associated therewith shall inure to the benefit of Infoplus Commerce.
No Challenges
You agree that you will not, at any time, challenge or encourage, assist or otherwise induce third parties to challenge the Infoplus Commerce Marks (except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by law) or our registration thereof, nor shall you attempt to register any trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, product names, service names, legends, domain names, other designations, or abbreviations of any of the foregoing, or other distinctive brand features that are confusingly similar in any way (including, but not limited to, sound, appearance, and spelling) to the Infoplus Commerce Marks.
Changes to this Trademark Guidelines and Policy
We may change this Trademark Guidelines and Policy from time to time. If we make any changes, we will notify you by revising the version and date at the top of this Trademark Guidelines and Policy, and, in some cases, where appropriate we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to the login screen or sending you an email notification). Your continued use of our Services after the revised Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood, and agreed to the current version of this Policy.
Contact Information
If you have questions regarding your obligations under these Trademark Guidelines and Policy or questions about any Infoplus Commerce Mark, please email us at admin@infopluscommerce.com.