Company: KWIK
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001683168-25-002055
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Company: KwikClick, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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our liability. Our tools and procedures may be subject to error or enforcement failures and may not be adequately staffed, and we may
be subject to an increasing number of erroneous or fraudulent demands to remove content. In addition, we may be subject to civil or criminal
liability for activities carried out by sellers on our platform, especially outside the United States where laws may offer less protection
for intermediaries and platforms than the United States.

Under current U.S. copyright laws such as the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act § 512 et. Seq., we may benefit from statutory safe harbor provisions that protect us from copyright
liability for content posted on our platform by sellers and buyers, and we rely upon user content platform protections under 47 U.S.C.
§ 230 (commonly referred to as CDA § 230), that limits most non-intellectual property law claims against KwikClick
based upon content posted by users on our platform. However, trademark and patent laws do not include similar statutory provisions, and
limits on platform liability for these forms of intellectual property are primarily based upon court decisions. Similarly, laws related
to product liability vary by jurisdiction, and the liability of marketplace platforms for products and services of sellers, while traditionally
limited, is subject to increasing debate in courts, legislatures, and with regulators. These safe harbors and court rulings, including
analogous ones in other state and international jurisdictions, may change unfavorably. Moreover, changes focused on actions by very large
platforms that perform retailer-like functions may directly or indirectly also impact us, our sellers, buyers and vendors.

Proposed laws in Europe and the United States may
change the scope of platform liability, and ongoing case law developments may unpredictably increase our liability as a platform for user
activity. In that event, we may be held directly or secondarily liable for the intellectual property infringement, product compliance
deficiencies, consumer protection deficiencies, privacy and data protection incidents, or regulatory issues of our sellers, including
potentially for their conduct over which we have no control or influence.

Regardless of the validity of any claims made against
us, we may incur significant costs and efforts to defend against or settle them. If a governmental authority determines that we have aided
and abetted the infringement or sale of counterfeit, harmful or unlawful goods or if legal changes result in us potentially being liable
for actions by sellers on our platform, we could face regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties. Successful claims by third-party rights