Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form Type: F-3
Source: 0001213900-25-066342
Chunk: 71

Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form: F-3
Chunk 71
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 application for registration of trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights will
be approved, (ii) any intellectual property rights will be adequately protected, or (iii) such intellectual property rights
will not be challenged by third parties or found by a judicial authority to be invalid or unenforceable. Further, because of the rapid
pace of technological changes in our industry, parts of our business rely on technologies developed or licensed by third parties, and
we may not be able to obtain or continue to obtain licenses and technologies from these third parties at all or on reasonable terms.

It is often difficult to register,
maintain and enforce intellectual property rights in China. Statutory laws and regulations are subject to judicial interpretation and
enforcement and may not be applied consistently due to the lack of clear guidance on statutory interpretation. Confidentiality, invention
assignment and non-compete agreements may be breached by counterparties, and there may not be adequate remedies available to us for any
such breach. Accordingly, we may not be able to effectively protect our intellectual property rights or to enforce our contractual rights
in China. Policing any unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly and the steps we take may be inadequate to
prevent the infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property. In the event that we resort to litigation to enforce our intellectual
property rights, such litigation could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management and financial resources, and could
put our intellectual property at risk of being invalidated or narrowed in scope. We can provide no assurance that we will prevail in such
litigation, and even if we do prevail, we may not obtain a meaningful recovery. In addition, our trade secrets may be leaked or otherwise
become available to, or be independently discovered by, our competitors. Any failure in maintaining, protecting or enforcing our intellectual
property rights could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may be accused of infringing intellectual property rights of others and content restrictions of relevant laws.

Third parties may claim that
the content posted by us or our products and services infringe upon their intellectual property rights. For example, while offering our
advertising services, we may be subject to liabilities such as infringement of copyrights or trademarks and to other claims based on the
materials and content posted by us or used on our products and services. The possibility of intellectual property claims against us increases
as we continue to grow. Such claims, whether or not having merit, may result in our