Company: CCIXW
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-309933
Chunk: 178

Company: Churchill Capital Corp IX/Cayman
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 178
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appropriation of our proprietary information, may be limited as to their term or may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure or use of proprietary information. Trade secrets or confidential information may also be willfully or unintentionally disclosed, including by employees, who may leave our company to join our competitors. We have limited control over the protection of trade secrets used by our current or future OEM partners and suppliers and could lose future trade secret protection if any unauthorized disclosure of such information occurs. In addition, our proprietary information may otherwise become known or be independently developed by our competitors or other third parties. To the extent that our employees, consultants, contractors, advisors and other third parties use intellectual property rights or other technology or materials owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions. Unauthorized or accidental disclosure of proprietary information or trade secrets may be disclosed to large language models or other artificial intelligence which may in turn disclose that information to third parties. In addition, our proprietary information may otherwise become known or be independently developed by our competitors or other third parties. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain protection for our proprietary information could adversely affect our competitive business position, and any recovery from a litigation may be insufficient to address any harm we have suffered. Furthermore, laws regarding trade secret rights in certain markets where we operate may afford little or no protection to our trade secrets.

We also rely on physical and electronic security measures to protect our proprietary information, but there can be no assurance that they will provide adequate protection or that they will not be breached. Third parties may obtain and improperly utilize our proprietary information to our competitive disadvantage, and we may not be able to detect or prevent the unauthorized use of such information or take appropriate and timely steps to enforce our intellectual property rights. We have limited control over the protection of our trade secrets used by our third-party partners, suppliers, and customers and may lose future trade secret protection if any unauthorized disclosure of such information occurs. Any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements may be breached or may otherwise fail to prevent disclosure. If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained by a competitor or other third party from our partners, suppliers, and customers, we may have no right to prevent them from using that trade secret to compete with us. If any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed (whether lawfully or otherwise) to a competitor or other third party, our business