Company: CAVA
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007882
Chunk: 42

Company: CAVA GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 42
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 advertising and marketing new brands that may not ultimately be successful. Moreover, even if we successfully register our trademarks and other intellectual property, our competitors may develop similar menu items and concepts, and adequate remedies may not be available in the event of an unauthorized use or disclosure of our trade secrets and other intellectual property. We have in the past instituted and may from time to time in the future be required to institute, litigation, or other proceedings to enforce our trademarks and other intellectual property. Such litigation or other proceedings could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could negatively affect our sales, profitability, and prospects regardless of whether we are able to successfully enforce our rights.

In addition, any success we have had registering and protecting our intellectual property in the United States does not guarantee that we will have similar success in other jurisdictions. We do not currently own any material registered intellectual property outside the United States. Although we do not currently operate outside the United States, should we choose in the future to expand our operations outside the United States, a failure to protect and maintain our brand in such other jurisdictions could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

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We maintain a policy requiring our Team Members to enter into an agreement to protect our intellectual property rights and other proprietary information. However, we cannot guarantee that such agreements adequately protect our intellectual property rights and other proprietary information. We cannot guarantee that these agreements will not be breached, that we will have adequate remedies in the event of a breach, or that the respective Team Members will not assert rights to our intellectual property rights or other proprietary information. In addition, we may fail to enter into confidentiality agreements with all parties who have access to our trade secrets or other proprietary information. Failing to protect and maintain the secrecy of our trade secrets or other confidential information for any reason could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

We have been, and may in the future be, subject to claims that we violated certain third-party intellectual property rights.

Third parties may assert, including in a lawsuit, that we infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights. In addition, we periodically receive communications that claim we have infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated others’ intellectual property rights. Any claim against us relating to intellectual property, with or without merit, could be time consuming, expensive to settle or litigate, and could divert the attention of our management, even if we were ultimately successful. Litigation regarding intellectual property rights is inherently uncertain due to the complex issues involved