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This notice covers trademarks of empowered.guru, LLC. It does not cover trademarks of third parties that may appear on this site. See Section 5 for those. Our open-source code is governed by its license, not by this notice.
Last updated: August 16, 2026
1. Our marks
The following are trademarks of empowered.guru, LLC in the United States and other jurisdictions (registered or asserted under common law):
- empowered.guru: the word mark, in plain text and in stylized form.
- The terminal-prompt mark: a square-corner dark tile holding the phosphor-green ">_" prompt glyph from our banner.
- The terminal wordmark: a horizontal banner reading ">_EMPOWERED.GURU" in phosphor green fading to cyan on a dark console tile.
- empowered.guru --sovereign and --book-session: word marks used in our console-style navigation.
- The product, service, and feature names we publish from time to time.
The Company reserves all rights in its marks. Nothing in this notice grants a license to use any Company mark, except as expressly stated in Sections 2 and 4.
2. Permitted uses without permission
You may use the Company's marks in the following ways without first asking us, provided the use complies with Sections 3 and 5:
- Nominative fair use. Truthful reference to the Company, its products, or its services, including in news articles, reviews, comparison charts, blog posts, and social-media commentary. Example: "We migrated from X to empowered.guru" is permitted; a logo on the same page is permitted if it identifies us as one of the options.
- Verbal reference. Saying or writing the words "empowered.guru" in body text.
- Approved link buttons. A small text link (e.g., "visit empowered.guru") without a logo.
- Use by customers who have a signed agreement. Customer logos on our website and in our case-study materials, per the terms of the engagement.
3. Prohibited uses
You may not, without our prior written permission:
- Use the marks as the name of your product, service, company, domain, social-media handle, or trade name, or in a way that suggests sponsorship or endorsement that does not exist.
- Modify the marks: change colors, add effects, stretch, rotate, recombine with other marks, or alter the proportions.
- Place the marks on merchandise, swag, or physical goods for sale or distribution.
- Use the marks in advertising for your own product in a way that is reasonably likely to cause confusion as to source, sponsorship, or affiliation.
- Register or attempt to register a domain, social-media handle, or trademark that is identical or confusingly similar to the marks.
- Use the marks in a way that disparages the Company, its products, or its personnel.
- Use the marks on materials that contain unlawful content, hate speech, or content that violates our Acceptable Use Policy.
4. How to request a license
For uses beyond Section 2 (for example, a press kit, a co-marketing arrangement, a sponsored placement, a partner directory, or an integration logo lockup), email trademarks@empowered.guru with:
- Your name, company, and contact information.
- The mark you want to use and the proposed size, color, and placement.
- The channel (web, print, physical) and duration.
- A mock-up or sample if available.
We respond within 10 business days. License terms are documented in a short written agreement; there is no fee for most uses that do not imply endorsement.
5. Third-party marks
Trademarks of third parties (for example, macOS, Apple, NVIDIA, Qwen, Llama, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, Vercel, and the names of our subprocessors and partners) are the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on this site is for identification only and does not imply endorsement. References to third-party trademarks do not grant any license or right to use them.
6. Enforcement
We protect our marks. Where we believe a use is confusing, dilutive, or otherwise violates this notice, we will contact the user and work toward a quick resolution. If informal resolution fails, we will pursue appropriate remedies. See also our DMCA Notice procedure for copyright matters.
7. Changes
We may update this notice. The current version is always at this URL.
8. Contact
Trademark questions: trademarks@empowered.guru.
