ţţËã·¨ Legal Notices & Policies

Trademark Usage Guidelines

Guidelines for Using ţţËã·¨ Trademarks and Copyrights

These guidelines are for ţţËã·¨, Inc. ("ţţËã·¨") authorized distributors and installers, indirect installers, equipment suppliers, customers, licensees and other parties ("Authorized Parties," "you" or "your") wishing to use ţţË㷨’s trademarks, service marks, word marks, trade names, trade dress, copyright work or images ("ţţËã·¨ Brands") in promotional, advertising, instructional or reference materials, or on their web sites, products, labels, or packaging ("Authorized Use"). These guidelines may be modified by ţţËã·¨ from time to time in ţţË㷨’s sole discretion.

A trademark is a word, name, symbol, device, design or phrase adopted and used by ţţËã·¨ to identify its goods and services and to distinguish them from the goods and services of others. Trademarks are usually marked with either a â„¢,â„  or an ® symbol (a â„¢ designates an unregistered trademark, an â„  designates a trademark used to identify a service rather than a product, and a ® designates a registered trademark).

Use of ţţËã·¨ Brands for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of ţţËã·¨ may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and state laws. Use of ţţËã·¨ Brands may be prohibited, unless expressly authorized. The right to use ţţËã·¨ Brands constitutes a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, royalty-free license, without the right to grant sublicenses. Your right to use and reproduce ţţËã·¨ Brands are limited to use solely in connection with marketing ţţËã·¨ Products and Services.

If you are a licensee of an ţţËã·¨ Brand and have been provided with special trademark usage guidelines with your license agreement, please follow those guidelines. If your license agreement does not provide usage guidelines, then follow these guidelines.

Limitations to the use of ţţËã·¨ Brands

ţţËã·¨ Brands are valuable assets. In following these guidelines, you help us protect our valuable Brand rights and strengthen our corporate and brand identities. By using an ţţËã·¨ Brand, in whole or in part, you are acknowledging that ţţËã·¨ is the sole owner of the Brand and promising that you will not interfere with ţţË㷨’s rights in the Brand, including challenging ţţË㷨’s use, registration of, or application to register such Brand, alone or in combination with other words, anywhere in the world, and that you will not harm, misuse, or bring into disrepute any ţţËã·¨ Brand. The goodwill derived from using any part of an ţţËã·¨ Brand exclusively inures to the benefit of and belongs to ţţËã·¨. Except for the limited right to use as expressly permitted under these guidelines, no other rights of any kind are granted hereunder, by implication or otherwise. You will not adopt, use, or attempt to register any trademarks or trade names that are confusingly similar to the ţţËã·¨ Brands or in such a way as to create combination marks with the ţţËã·¨ Brands. If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please talk to your ţţËã·¨ representative or submit your query to legal@enphaseenergy.com.

You will provide ţţËã·¨ with samples of all products and materials that contain the ţţËã·¨ Brands prior to their public use, distribution or display for ţţË㷨’s written approval before such use, distribution or display.

At ţţË㷨’s request, you will modify or discontinue any use of the ţţËã·¨ Brands.

Authorized Use of ţţËã·¨ Brands

1. Advertising, Promotional, and Sales Materials: Only ţţËã·¨ and its Authorized Parties may use the ţţËã·¨ Brands in advertising, promotional, and sales materials. Such Authorized Parties may use the ţţËã·¨ Brands only as specified in their agreement with ţţËã·¨ and these guidelines.

2. Compatibility: Authorized Parties may use the ţţËã·¨ Brands in a referential phrase on packaging or promotional/advertising materials to describe that a third party product is compatible with the referenced ţţËã·¨ product or technology, provided they comply with the following requirements:

a. The ţţËã·¨ word mark is not part of the product name.

b. The ţţËã·¨ word mark is used in a referential phrase such as "runs on," "for use with," "for," or "compatible with."

c. The ţţËã·¨ word mark appears less prominent than the Authorized Party’s product name.

d. The Authorized Party’s product is in fact compatible with, or otherwise works with, the referenced ţţËã·¨ Product.

e. The reference to ţţËã·¨ does not create a false sense of endorsement, sponsorship, association, agency, joint venture or partnership with ţţËã·¨ or ţţËã·¨ products or services.

f. The use does not show ţţËã·¨ or its products in a false or derogatory light.

3. Publications, Seminars, and Conferences: Authorized Parties may use ţţËã·¨ Brands in connection with book titles, magazines, periodicals, seminars, or conferences provided you comply with the following requirements:

a. The use is referential and less prominent than the rest of the title. Acceptable: XYZ CONFERENCE for ţţËã·¨ Products.

b. The use reflects favorably on both ţţËã·¨ and ţţËã·¨ products or services.

c. The Authorized Party’s name and logo appear more prominent than the ţţËã·¨ word mark on all printed materials related to the publication, seminar or conference.

d. The ţţËã·¨ logo or any other ţţËã·¨-owned graphic symbol, logo, icon or image does not appear on or in the publication or on any materials related to the publication, seminar, or conference without express written permission from ţţËã·¨.

e. A disclaimer of sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement by ţţËã·¨, similar to the following, is included on the publication and on all related printed materials: "(Title) is an independent (publication) and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by ţţËã·¨, Inc."

f. A trademark attribution notice is included in the credit section giving notice of ţţË㷨’s ownership of the ţţËã·¨ Brands. Please refer to the section below titled "Proper Trademark Notice and Attribution."

4. Other Uses: Any other use of ţţËã·¨ Brands not covered by these guidelines must receive written permission from ţţËã·¨ prior to such use.

Unauthorized Use of ţţËã·¨ Brands

1. Company, Product, or Service Name: You may not use or register, in whole or in part, ţţËã·¨ or any other ţţËã·¨ trademark, including ţţËã·¨-owned graphic symbols, logos, icons, or an alteration thereof, as or as part of a company name, trade name, product name, or service name except as specifically noted in these guidelines.

2. Variations, Takeoffs or Abbreviations: You may not vary or use any variation of the ţţËã·¨ logo or Brands for any purpose. Third parties cannot use a variation, phonetic equivalent, foreign language equivalent, takeoff, or abbreviation of an ţţËã·¨ Brand.

3. Disparaging Manner: You may not use ţţËã·¨ Brands in a disparaging manner.

4. Endorsement or Sponsorship: You may not use ţţËã·¨ Brands in a manner that would imply ţţË㷨’s affiliation with or endorsement, sponsorship, or support of, association, agency, joint venture or partnership with a third party product or service.

5. Merchandise Items: You may not manufacture, sell or give-away merchandise items, such as T-shirts and mugs, bearing ţţËã·¨ Brands, unless you receive prior written permission from ţţËã·¨ for such use or pursuant to an express written trademark license from ţţËã·¨.

6. ţţË㷨’s Trade Dress: You may not imitate the distinctive ţţËã·¨ web site design, including positioning of the ţţËã·¨ color orange (Pantone Matching System "PMS" color 1665), logos, or typefaces.

7. Slogans and Taglines: You may not use or imitate an ţţËã·¨ slogan or tagline.

8. Domain Names: You may not use an identical or virtually identical ţţËã·¨ trademark as a second level domain name.

9. Revocation: ţţËã·¨ reserves the right to revoke the Authorized Use of the ţţËã·¨ Brands at any time in our sole discretion. If we determine that your use of an ţţËã·¨ Brand does not truthfully and accurately identify the inclusion of the applicable ţţËã·¨ products or technology or your use is otherwise unacceptable or detrimental to ţţËã·¨ or outside the scope of these Trademark Guidelines or an applicable license, we will revoke the Authorized Use. Upon revocation of the authorization you agree that you will immediately cease all use of the applicable ţţËã·¨ Brand.

ţţËã·¨ Trademark List

List of Current ţţËã·¨, Inc.’s trademarks:

  • [E] Design ®
  • Energy Evolvedâ„¢
  • ·¡²Ô±è³ó²¹²õ±ð®
  • ţţË㷨®
  • ·¡²Ô±è³ó²¹²õ±ð® Energy Management Systemâ„¢
  • ·¡²Ô±è³ó²¹²õ±ð® Metering and Management Solutionâ„¢
  • ·¡²Ô±è³ó²¹²õ±ð® Microinverterâ„¢
  • ·¡²Ô±è³ó²¹²õ±ð® Microinverter Systemâ„¢ (refers to a multiple product solution)
  • ·¡²Ô±ô¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ð²Ô®
  • Enlighten Manager®
  • ·¡²Ô±¹¾±°ù´Ç²Ô®
  • ·¡²Ô±¹¾±°ù´Ç²Ô® Smart Thermostatâ„¢
  • Envoy®/â„¢ (Registered in European Community; Unregistered in U.S.)
  • Envoy Communications Gatewayâ„¢
  • M190 Microinverterâ„¢
  • M215 Microinverterâ„¢
  • M250 Microinverterâ„¢
  • C250 Microinverterâ„¢
  • S230 Microinverterâ„¢
  • S270 Microinverterâ„¢
  • S280 Microinverterâ„¢
  • My·¡²Ô±ô¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ð²Ô®
  • ±·±ð³æ³Ù°ù¾±³¦¾±³Ù²ââ„¢
  • Powering What’s Nextâ„¢
  • NEXT PHASE SOLARâ„¢
Rules for Proper Use of ţţËã·¨ Trademarks

1. Trademarks are adjectives used to modify nouns; the noun is the generic name of a product or service.

2. As adjectives, trademarks may not be used in the plural or possessive form.

3. An appropriate generic term must appear after the trademark the first time it appears in a printed piece, and as often as is reasonable after that.

4. Always spell and capitalize ţţË㷨’s trademarks exactly as they are shown in the ţţËã·¨ Trademark List. Do not shorten or abbreviate ţţËã·¨ product names. Do not make up names that contain ţţËã·¨ trademarks.

5. When using the ţţËã·¨ Logo, please follow the .

6. When referring to ţţËã·¨ products, services, or solutions, please follow the Trademark list above.

Proper Trademark Notice and Attribution

1. Distribution within the United States Only:

a. On product, product documentation, or other product communications that will be distributed only in the United States, use the appropriate trademark symbol (â„¢,â„ , or ®) the first time the ţţËã·¨ trademark appears in the text of the advertisement, brochure, or other material. Refer to the ţţËã·¨ Trademark List for the correct trademark symbol and spelling of the trademark. Generally, the symbol appears at the right shoulder of the trademark.

b. Include an attribution of ţţË㷨’s ownership of its trademarks within the credit notice section of your product, product documentation, or other printed marketing material. The following are correct formats:

If Registered: _________ is a registered trademark of ţţËã·¨, Inc.

If Unregistered: _______ is a trademark of ţţËã·¨, Inc.

2. Distribution Outside the United States:

a. Do not use trademark symbols on products, product documentation, or other product communications that will be distributed outside the United States.

b. Use one of the following international credit notices:

If Registered: _________ is a trademark of ţţËã·¨, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries.

If Unregistered:_________ is a trademark of ţţËã·¨, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

Depictions of ţţËã·¨ Products

Authorized Party’s may show an image of an ţţËã·¨ Product in your promotional/advertising materials to depict that your product is compatible with, or otherwise works with, the ţţËã·¨ Product or technology, provided you comply with the following requirements:

a. Your product is in fact compatible with, or otherwise works with, the referenced ţţËã·¨ Product.

b. The image is an actual photograph of the genuine ţţËã·¨ Product and not an artist’s rendering (Note: You must obtain express written permission from ţţËã·¨ before using any photograph owned or licensed by ţţËã·¨).

c. The ţţËã·¨ Product is shown only in the best light, in a manner or context that reflects favorably on the ţţËã·¨ Products and on ţţËã·¨, Inc.

d. The reference to ţţËã·¨ does not create a sense of endorsement or sponsorship by, or other false association, agency, joint venture or partnership with, ţţËã·¨ or ţţËã·¨ Products.

To obtain written consent before using ţţËã·¨ Brands or for further information with respect to ţţË㷨’s trademarks and copyrights, please submit your request to legal@enphaseenergy.com.