Company: DJTWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001140361-25-004822
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Company: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 protect its intellectual property rights by relying on federal, state, and common law rights in the United States and other
          countries, as well as contractual restrictions. TMTG will enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with its employees and contractors, and confidentiality agreements with other third parties, in order to limit access to, and
          disclosure and use of, TMTG’s confidential information and proprietary technology. In addition to these contractual arrangements, TMTG also relies on a combination of trademarks filed in the name of T Media Tech LLC, trade dress, domain names,
          copyrights, trade secrets and patents to help protect its brand and its other intellectual property.

On February 14, 2023, a trademark for “TRUTH SOCIAL” in classes 21 and 25 was registered with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) by T Media Tech LLC for use with cups, mugs and certain types of clothing. Trademark applications for “Truth Social” in classes 9 and 42; for “TRUTHSOCIAL” in classes 9, 35, 38, 41, 42 and 45; and for
          “TRUTHPLUS” in classes 9, 35, 38, 41, and 42 are the subject of suspension notices received from USPTO on October 24, 2022; February 14, 2023 and February 17, 2023, respectively, in each case based on alleged similarity to existing registered
          (and pending) trademarks. In particular, the USPTO has issued non-final rejections of all of the foregoing applications to register marks for use with a social media network or a streaming video service. Although TMTG or an affiliate pursued
          certain appeal rights, there can be no assurance that TMTG will be able to overcome the objections of the trademark examiner or that the challenged marks will be approved. Several additional trademark applications remain pending, but have not
          been the subject of final adverse action by USPTO.

TMTG may be unable to obtain patent or trademark protection for its technologies and brands, and any patents or trademarks that may be issued
          in the future, may not provide TMTG with competitive advantages or distinguish its products and services from those of its competitors. In addition, any patents and trademarks may be contested, circumvented, or found unenforceable or invalid, and
          TMTG may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing