Company: WIT
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000950170-25-076303
Chunk: 30

Company: WIPRO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 30
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 programmers, most of whom we do not employ, we may be unable to develop new technologies, adequately enhance our existing technologies or meet customer requirements for innovation, quality and price.

We may be unsuccessful in protecting our IP rights due to varying legal regimes and judicial systems. Unauthorized use of our IP may result in development of technology, products or services which compete with our products and services. We may also be subject to third-party claims of IP infringement.
Our IP rights are important to our business. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright and trademark laws, trade secrets, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our IP. However, we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent unauthorized use of our IP. Furthermore, the laws of India do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as laws in the United States. Therefore, our efforts to protect our IP may not be adequate. Our competitors may independently develop similar technology or duplicate our products or services. Unauthorized parties may infringe upon or misappropriate our products, services or proprietary information.
The misappropriation or duplication of our IP could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, reduce our revenue and increase our expenses. The competitive advantage that we derive from our IP may also be diminished or eliminated. We may need to litigate to enforce our IP rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Any such litigation could be time-consuming and expensive.
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Although we believe that our IP rights do not infringe on the IP rights of any other party, infringement claims may be asserted against us in the future. Defending against these claims, even if not meritorious, could be expensive and divert our attention and resources from operating our company. If we become liable to third parties for infringing their IP rights, we could be required to pay a substantial damage award and be forced to develop non-infringing technology, obtain a license or cease selling the applications or products that contain the infringing technology. Further, we may be required to provide indemnification to clients for third-party breaches of IP pursuant to our contracts with such parties.
There can be no assurance that, as our business expands into new areas, we will be able to independently develop the technology necessary to conduct our business or that we can do so without infringing on the IP rights of others.

Disruptions in telecommunications and operations infrastructure could harm our service model, which could result in a reduction of our revenue.
A significant element of our business strategy is to continue to leverage and expand our offshore