Company: MDCXW
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001062993-25-015841
Chunk: 33

Company: Medicus Pharma Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form: S-1
Chunk 33
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 limited period of time that varies depending on the jurisdiction and type of patent. The statutory protection term of our SkinJect patents expire between 2030 and 2035 and the statutory term of Antev's issued U.S. patents expire in 2039 (between 2044 and 2045 with respect to certain pending patent applications that have yet to issue) and, thereafter, the underlying technology of such patents will be allowed to be used by any third party, including our competitors. Moreover, the inventions covered by patents may be free to be used in countries for which there is no patent protection. A number of our competitors and other third parties have been issued patents, or may have filed patent applications, or may obtain additional patents or other intellectual property rights for technologies similar to those that we have developed, used or commercialized, or may develop, use or commercialize, in the future. As certain patent applications in the United States and other countries are maintained in secrecy for a period of time after filing, and as publication or public awareness of new technologies often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that we have been the first to develop the technology covered by our pending patent applications. In addition, the disclosure in our patent applications, including in respect of the utility of our claimed inventions, may not be sufficient to meet the statutory requirements for patentability in all cases. As a result, we can provide no assurance that our patent applications will result in valid or enforceable patents.

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Prosecution and protection of the rights sought in patent applications and patents can be costly and uncertain, often involve complex legal and factual issues and consume significant time and resources. In addition, the breadth of claims allowed in our future patents, their enforceability and our ability to protect and maintain them cannot be predicted with any certainty. The laws of certain countries may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of Canada or the United States Even if our patents are held to be valid and enforceable in a certain jurisdiction, any legal proceedings that we may initiate against third parties to enforce such patents will likely be expensive, take significant time and divert management's attention from other business matters. We can provide no assurance that any of our pending patent applications will provide any protectable, maintainable or enforceable rights or competitive advantages to it.

Intellectual property rights do not necessarily address all potential threats to our competitive advantage.

Once granted, patents may remain open to invalidity challenges including opposition, interference, re-examination,