Patents

Patent and Trademark Descriptions and Reference Information

OUTLINE:

• Website
  • Patents
    • CloudShield Patent Inventory
    • Guidelines For Referencing CloudShield Patents
  • Trademarks
    • CloudShield Trademark Inventory
    • Guidelines For Referencing CloudShield Trademarks
  • Website Usage Disclaimer

• Product Guides
  • Patent Notice
  • Trademark Notice

I. The Website

PATENTS

CloudShield Patent Inventory

CloudShield products are protected by one or more of the following patents:

Guidelines For the Referencing CloudShield Patents

1. Referential Use Only. Third parties may reference CloudShield patents. Referential use is prohibited is such use would defame or disparage CloudShield, its products, or any other person or entity.
   
2. Referential Use Must Be Accurate. Third party reference of CloudShield patents must accurately portray the relationship between CloudShield and the third party and must not mislead the public in any way. Third party reference of CloudShield patents must not create confusion about who owns the patents.
   
3. Patent Citation Style. When referencing CloudShield patents please use the following format:

   Last Name, first initial. (Date of patent issue). Name of patent. U.S. patent number. Assignee: assignee name.

   Example:
   Jungck, P.J., Nguyen, A.T. and Najam, Z. (Apr. 24, 2007). Apparatus and Method For Interconnecting a Processor To Co-Processors Using a Shared Memory as the Communication Interface. U.S. Patent 7,210,022. Assignee: CloudShield Technologies, Inc.

   TRADEMARKS

   CloudShield Trademark Inventory

   Registered Trademarks:

   CloudShield ®	Registration No. 2,841,426
   CloudSentry ®	Registration No. 3,246,602
   DNS Defender ®	Registration No. 3,556,122
   Packet-C ®	Registration No. 3,595,372
   PacketC ®	Registration No. 3,595,371
   Common law Trademarks:
   Bridge Tender™	Serial No. [77,378,698]

   All other brand names are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks and the sole property of their respective companies or organizations.

   Guidelines For Referencing CloudShield Trademarks

4. Referential Use Only. Third parties may use CloudShield trademarks solely to reference CloudShield products. Referential use is prohibited is such use would defame or disparage CloudShield, its products, or any other person or entity.
   
5. Referential Use Must Be Accurate. Third party use of CloudShield trademarks must accurately portray the relationship between CloudShield and the third party and must not mislead the public in any way. Third party use of CloudShield trademarks must not create confusion about who owns the trademarks.
   
6. Use Appropriate Symbols. When a CloudShield trademark first appears in each stand-alone part of a text, use the appropriate symbols ( ®, or ™) as they are displayed in the CloudShield Trademark Inventory. The appropriate symbol is usually superscripted, and is placed to the right of the last letter of the mark.
   

   Note: This requirement is waived in all contexts where such marks are not normally included: email, online discussion, and academic papers. However, use of the symbol is encouraged whenever possible.

7. Trademarks are adjectives. Trademarks are adjectives that describe a noun (i.e., a specific person, place, thing, or service). Do not use CloudShield trademarks in the possessive or plural form. For example:

   Correct: DNS Defender ® technology secures DNS infrastructure.

   Incorrect: DNS Defender ® secures DNS infrastructure.

   Note: When referring to the company CloudShield Technologies, Inc., you are using CloudShield as trade name and not a trademark. Trade names can be used as nouns or in the possessive form and no legal symbol should be used.

8. Do Not Combine Trademarks. Never combine (alter the mark by joining it with another trademark) a CloudShield trademark with a trademark or service mark of a third party. Combining CloudShield trademarks with those of others may confuse consumers as to which company is the source of the product or service.
9. Attribution Notices. Give proper attribution when using CloudShield trademarks. An attribution notice should be placed in all material used in commerce that includes a CloudShield trademark. The placement of the attribution notice will depend on the form of the document:
   1. On single page material, the attribution notice should be placed at the bottom of the page, and should be separated by a line break from a copyright notice if one is used.
   2. On multi-page material with a copyright page, the attribution notice should be placed on that page.
   3. On multi-page material, usually 12 pages or less and without a copyright page, the attribution notice may be placed on the last page or back of the material or as noted below.
   4. On multi-page material of more than 12 pages and without a copyright page, the attribution notice must be placed at the base of the first page where the mark is used.
   5. On a webpage, the attribution notice should be placed at the bottom of the webpage.
   6. All material used in commerce that is published electronically or that may be used in countries outside the United States, and which includes a CloudShield trademark, must include the following at the end of the attribution notice:
      "...in the United States and/or other countries."

Sample Attribution notice:
Packet-C ® is a registered trademark of CloudShield Technologies, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

WEBSITE USAGE AND CONTENT DISCLAIMER

Access to the CloudShield World Wide Web server is provided solely to users for information in support of CloudShield. No other use of the information provided hereunder is authorized. Furthermore, you agree that any copy of documents on this Web Site that you make shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent or trademark of CloudShield or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any CloudShield copyright.

Documents published by CloudShield on the World Wide Web Server are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. CloudShield shall not under any circumstances be liable to any person for any special incidental, indirect or consequential damages, including without limitation, damages resulting from use of or reliance on information presented, loss of profits or revenues or costs of replacement goods, even if informed in advance of the possibility of such damages.

Reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, CloudShield assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. Product information is subject to change without notice. Changes, if any, will be incorporated in new editions of these publications. CloudShield may make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the programs described in these publications at any time without notice. Mention of non-CloudShield products or services is for information purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation.

II. Product Guides

PATENTS

CloudShield products are protected by one or more of the following patents:

TRADEMARKS

CloudShield Trademark Notice

Registered Trademarks:

All other brand names are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks and the sole property of their respective companies or organizations.