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ANSYS TRADEMARK USAGE GUIDELINES DECEMBER 20, 2006 ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “ANSYS”) develop and globally market engineering simulation software, technologies and related services. Given the nature of our business, Intellectual Property is our most important asset and we aggressively protect it. ANSYS has developed these Guidelines for the proper use of our valuable trademarks and service marks (collectively, “trademarks”). These Trademark Usage Guidelines apply to ANSYS as well as to third parties including, without limitation, channel partners, customers, writers and publishers. 1. Referential Use Only. Third parties may use ANSYS trademarks (word marks only, not logos) solely to reference ANSYS’s software, technologies and services. Referential use is prohibited if such use would defame or disparage ANSYS, its products or services, or any other person or entity. 2. Referential Use Must Be Accurate. Third party use of ANSYS trademarks must accurately portray the relationship between ANSYS and the third party (e.g., it should not imply sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of another company or its products) and must not create confusion about who owns the ANSYS trademarks. ? Incorrect: Developments in ANSYS Software Conference [If the conference is sponsored by ACME distributor, this title may cause confusion.] ? Correct: ACME Distributor’s Conference on Developments in ANSYS Software 3. Only ANSYS Has Rights In Its Trademarks. Third parties must not seek, or suggest that they have, any rights in any ANSYS trademarks. Further, third parties should not market products or services using ANSYS’s trademarks or trademarks that are confusingly similar. For instance, an engineering simulation software development company should not market its