Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form Type: F-1
Source: 0001213900-25-102214
Chunk: 183

Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-10-24
Form: F-1
Chunk 183
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 signed non -competeagreements.

110 Property, plants and equipment We are headquartered in Shanghai, China and have offices in Shanghai, Fujian, Hongkong and U.S. As of the date of this annual report, we have leased office space and warehouses in our key markets. We lease our premises under operating lease agreements from independent third parties. We believe that our existing facilities are generally adequate to meet our current needs, but we expect to seek additional space as needed to accommodate future growth. Intellectual Property We own domestic copyrights, trademarks, trademark applications, registrations, know -how, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights that are critical to our business and success. Our trademarks and their corresponding registrations are valid if they are used in the regular course of trade and/or their registrations are properly maintained. Our primary trademarks include DayDayCook (“ 日日煮”), Guomei (“ 锅妹”), Lashu (“ 辣叔”). We proactively protect our proprietary rights by relying on trademark, copyright, trade dress and trade secret laws as well as confidentiality and non -competeagreements with our employees. We consider our marketing, promotions and products to be trade secrets. In addition, we consider any formulas, processes, know -how, and methods used in the production and manufacturing of one or more of our products to be proprietary. As such, we keep this information confidential. As of June 30, 2025, we owned 279 trademarks, 1 copyright of works and 5 computer software copyrights in China, including three registered trademarks in Hong Kong, relating to various aspects of our operations. Several logos we have used for years cannot be registered as trademarks in certain trademark categories in China because a company unaffiliated to us has pre -emptivelyregistered similar logos as trademarks in such categories. As a result, we have been and will not be able to use such logos in areas covered by such trademark categories. Such company complained to the Market Supervision Bureau for the trademark infringement of SH DDC, and SH DDC has already applied for the invalidations of these trademarks at the State Intellectual Property Office, the SIPO, as well as indicted a serious of related administrative actions which have been already accepted by the court. As the trademarks under the legal proceeding are not relevant to our main business and we have adopted timely steps to make enough adjustments to relevant business, including stopped using them in any public place, the unavailability of these trademarks would not materially and adversely affect our business. Insurance We maintain various insurance