Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form Type: F-3
Source: 0001213900-25-066338
Chunk: 73

Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form: F-3
Chunk 73
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 in Hong Kong. We may fail to own or apply for key trademarks in a
timely fashion, or at all. For example, 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-emptively registered 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 DDC Shanghai, and DDC Shanghai has already applied for the invalidations
of these trademarks at the State Intellectual Property Office, or the SIPO, as well as indicted a series 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. If such third party actually use such trademarks in product
or service similar to us in the future, consumers may be confused and associate any quality issue on the products and services such third
party provides with us, which will have an adverse impact on our brand image. We may become an attractive target for certain copycat websites
that attempt to cause confusion or diversion of traffic from us in the future because of our brand recognition as a food-related content-driven
lifestyle brand in China. Despite these measures, any of our intellectual property rights could be challenged, invalidated, circumvented
or misappropriated, or such intellectual property may not be sufficient to provide us with competitive advantages. In addition, there
can be no assurance that (i) our 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