Company: IBTA
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-008240
Chunk: 172

Company: Ibotta, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 172
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 semi-annual employee engagement scores which reflect high engagement and a strong intent to remain with Ibotta.

Our board of directors and compensation committee oversee our human capital strategy, which is developed and managed under the leadership of our Chief People Officer, who reports to our Chief Executive Officer. Ibotta is committed to providing equitable compensation opportunities, and rewarding employees who achieve results, live our Mission and values, and help others succeed.

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Intellectual Property

Our intellectual property rights are valuable and important to our business. We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, contractual provisions, and confidentiality procedures to protect our intellectual property rights.

As of December 31, 2024, we held ten issued United States patents and had five United States patent applications pending. Our issued patents are scheduled to expire as early as 2032. We continually review our development efforts to assess the existence and patentability of new intellectual property.

We have registered “Ibotta” and have also registered or are in the process of registering related marks as trademarks in the United States and other jurisdictions. We have also registered domain names for websites that we use in our business, such as www.ibotta.com and related variations. 

In addition to the protection provided by our intellectual property rights, we enter into proprietary information and invention assignment agreements or similar agreements with our employees, consultants, and contractors. We further control the use of our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights through provisions in our agreements with partners. 

We intend to pursue additional intellectual property protection to the extent we believe it would be beneficial and cost-effective. Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights, they may not be respected in the future or may be invalidated, circumvented or challenged. 

For additional information, see the sections titled Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Intellectual Property—We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property rights or may be accused of infringing intellectual property rights of third parties.

Government Regulation

Ibotta is subject to U.S. federal and state laws and regulations regarding privacy, data protection and information security, including laws and regulations regarding the storage, protection, sharing, use, transfer, disclosure, and other processing of personal data, as well as related subjects such as marketing and consumer protection. We are also subject to various U.S. federal and state laws and regulations that affect companies conducting business on mobile platforms, including those relating to the internet, behavioral advertising, mobile apps, content, advertising and marketing activities, and anti-corruption. For example