Company: GNMSF
Filing Date: 2025-02-12
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001558370-25-000846
Chunk: 63

Company: GENMAB A/S
Filing Date: 2025-02-12
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4I
Chunk 63
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 example, in addition to the listed patents, we have patents on platform technologies (that relate to certain general classes of products or methods), as well as patents that relate to methods of using, formulating or administering a product or product candidate, which may confer additional patent protection. We also have pending patent applications that may give rise to new patents related to one or more of these product candidates, technologies, formulations and uses.
The information in “Intellectual Property” is based on our current assessment of patents that we own or control or have exclusively licensed. The information is subject to revision, for example, in the event of changes in the law or legal rulings affecting our patents or if we become aware of new information. Significant legal issues remain unresolved as to the extent and scope of available patent protection for biotechnology products and processes in the U.S. and other important markets outside the U.S. We expect that litigation will likely be necessary to determine the term, validity, enforceability, and/or scope of certain of our patents and other proprietary rights. An adverse decision or ruling with respect to one or more of our patents could result in the loss of patent protection for a product and, in turn, the introduction of competitor products or follow-on biologics to the market earlier than anticipated.
Patents expire, on a country-by-country basis, at various times depending on various factors, including the filing date of the corresponding patent application(s), the availability of patent term adjustment, PTE and SPC and requirements for terminal disclaimers. Although we believe our owned and licensed patents and patent applications provide us with a competitive advantage, the patent positions of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies can be uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. We and our collaboration partners may not be able to develop patentable products or processes or obtain patents from pending patent applications. Depending on the terms of the relevant collaboration agreement, on how those terms are interpreted, and on other legal considerations, we may not be entitled to royalties based on sales by our collaboration partners that are protected only by patents owned by those partners. In the event of patent issuance, the patents may not be sufficient to protect the proprietary technology owned by or licensed to us or our collaboration partners. Our or our collaboration partners’ current patents, or patents that issue on pending applications, may be challenged, invalidated, infringed or circumvented. In addition, changes to patent laws in the U.S. or in other countries may limit our ability to defend or enforce our patents or may apply retroactively to affect the term and/or