diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/cs.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/cs.json5
index a340360dfc2..473ab7d1f37 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/cs.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/cs.json5
@@ -10980,8 +10980,5 @@
   // "contact-us.email": "Email: ",
   "contact-us.email": "Email: ",
 
-  // "footer.theme.by.message": "Theme by",
-  "footer.theme.by.message": "Theme by",
-
 
 }
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index adf1a1d2352..50d5ec15cc6 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -7281,6 +7281,4 @@
   "contact-us.feedback": "Feedback",
 
   "contact-us.email": "Email: ",
-
-  "footer.theme.by.message": "Theme by",
 }
diff --git a/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.html b/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.html
index c28660d64e9..284279d72f4 100644
--- a/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.html
+++ b/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.html
@@ -104,14 +104,11 @@ <h5 class="text-uppercase">Footer Content</h5>
 
         <!-- Right Column - Theme Sign -->
         <div class="col-12 col-md-2 text-center">
-          <div class="footer-sign">
-            <p class="theme-by mb-1">{{ 'footer.theme.by.message' | translate }}</p>
-            <a class="dtq-sign text-white" *ngVar="(themedByCompanyName$ | async)?.payload?.values[0] as companyName"
-               [href]="(themedByUrl$ | async)?.payload?.values[0]"
-               [title]="companyName">
-              {{ companyName }}
-            </a>
-          </div>
+          @if ((themedByCompanyName$ | async)?.payload?.values?.[0]; as companyName) {
+            <p class="footer-sign"><a class="dtq-sign"
+              [href]="(themedByUrl$ | async)?.payload?.values?.[0]"
+              rel="noopener">{{ companyName }}</a><span class="footer-sign__mark">&#169;</span></p>
+          }
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.scss b/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.scss
index 1f9da8098aa..e0d9c127dac 100644
--- a/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.scss
+++ b/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.scss
@@ -75,6 +75,46 @@
     .btn {
       box-shadow: none;
     }
+
+    // Vendor credit at the right end of the bar. White to match the nav links
+    // beside it — note that #fff on this green measures 2.29:1 and is below the
+    // WCAG AA threshold, same as those links already are. Kept on a single
+    // non-breaking line so the © can never strand itself above the name.
+    .footer-sign {
+      font-size: 1.0625rem;
+      font-weight: 500;
+      line-height: 1.2;
+      letter-spacing: 0.012em;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+      color: #fff;
+
+      // The © is set as a superscript of the company name, the way a trademark
+      // mark rides a wordmark. line-height: 0 keeps it from adding to the line box.
+      &__mark {
+        font-size: 0.68em;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        vertical-align: super;
+        line-height: 0;
+        margin-left: 0.12em;
+      }
+
+      .dtq-sign {
+        color: inherit;
+        text-decoration: none;
+
+        &:hover,
+        &:focus-visible {
+          text-decoration: underline;
+          text-underline-offset: 0.18em;
+        }
+
+        &:focus-visible {
+          outline: 2px solid #fff;
+          outline-offset: 3px;
+          border-radius: 2px;
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   .footer-logo {
diff --git a/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.ts b/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.ts
index 00bd49f83fb..e861f72d006 100644
--- a/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.ts
+++ b/src/themes/custom/app/footer/footer.component.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { RouterLink } from '@angular/router';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { FooterComponent as BaseComponent } from '../../../../app/footer/footer.component';
-import { VarDirective } from '../../../../app/shared/utils/var.directive';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-themed-footer',
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import { VarDirective } from '../../../../app/shared/utils/var.directive';
     AsyncPipe,
     RouterLink,
     TranslateModule,
-    VarDirective,
   ],
 })
 export class FooterComponent extends BaseComponent {