Trademark Policy

1. Introduction

SMEPro Technologies LLC ("SMEPro") dedicates significant resources to developing industry-leading AI governance infrastructure, compliance engines, and regulatory reporting software. To protect our brand identity and technology standards, we enforce strict guidelines regarding the use of our trademarks, service marks, and logos.

2. Trademark Ownership

The following names, brands, technologies, and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of SMEPro Technologies LLC:

• SMEPro® (our company name and primary brand mark)
• IOS+™ and Intelligence Orchestration System Plus™ (our enterprise intelligence orchestration system)
• COS™ and Compliance OS™ (our compliance operating system substrate)
• UDME™ and Universal Decoding Matrix Engine™ (our multi-dimensional regulatory schema decoder)
• RI-42™ and Recursive Intelligence™ (our recursive optimization and completion layer)
• AI-AS-ACTION™ (our brand covering AI-driven compliance workflow execution)
• Yellow Brick Road™ (our six-gate preemptive validation pipeline)
• Reporter™ (our upstream production reporting solution)
• Reporter IOS+™ (our enterprise governed reporting tier)
• EDU Reporter™ (our higher education accreditation reporting solution)

3. Permitted & Fair Use

You may make purely descriptive reference to our trademarks in text (for example, in technical briefs, educational articles, or news publications) provided that:

• You use the correct trademark symbol (® or ™) upon first reference.
• You include a standard attribution notice at the bottom of the page (e.g., "IOS+ and Compliance OS are trademarks of SMEPro Technologies LLC").
• You do not represent yourself as being sponsored, endorsed, or affiliated with SMEPro unless explicitly authorized by a signed partner agreement.

4. Prohibited Uses

To prevent customer confusion and brand dilution, the following actions are strictly prohibited:

• Registering, using, or incorporating any of our trademarks into your own company name, product name, service name, domain name, or social media handles.
• Using, copying, or modifying SMEPro logos, brand marks, or graphic assets without prior written consent from our brand team.
• Using our trademarks in any manner that implies endorsement or sponsorship of third-party products, systems, or compliance results.

5. Enforcement & Inquiries

We actively monitor public channels and codebases to ensure trademark compliance. For trademark authorization, logo usage packages, or to report unauthorized use, please contact us: