Company: MDCXW
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001062993-25-006485
Chunk: 61

Company: Medicus Pharma Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 61
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 or any future licensors fail to maintain the patents and patent applications covering the Product, our competitive position would be adversely affected.

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We may infringe the intellectual property rights of others.

Our commercial success depends, in part, upon it not infringing or violating intellectual property rights owned by others. The industry in which we compete has participants that own, or claim to own, intellectual property. We cannot determine with certainty whether any existing third-party patents, or the issuance of any new third-party patents, would require us to alter our technologies or products, obtain licenses or cease certain activities, including the sale of certain products.

We may in the future receive claims from third parties asserting infringement and other related claims. Litigation may be necessary to determine the scope, enforceability and validity of third-party intellectual property rights or to protect, maintain and enforce our intellectual property rights. Some of our competitors have, or are affiliated with companies having, substantially greater resources than we have, and these competitors may be able to sustain the costs of complex intellectual property litigation to a greater degree and for longer periods of time than we can. Regardless of whether claims that it is infringing or violating patents or other intellectual property rights have any merit, those claims could:

● adversely affect our relationships with current or future distributors and dealers of our products;

● adversely affect our reputation with customers;

● be time-consuming and expensive to evaluate and defend;

● cause product shipment delays or stoppages; divert management's attention and resources;

● subject us to significant liabilities and damages;

● require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements; or

● require us to cease certain activities, including the sale of products.

If it is determined that we have infringed, violated or is infringing or violating a patent or the intellectual property right of any other person or if we are found liable in respect of any other related claim, then, in addition to being liable for potentially substantial damages, we may be prohibited from developing, using, distributing, selling or commercializing certain of our technologies and products unless we obtain a license from the holder of the patent or other intellectual property right. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to obtain any such license on a timely basis or on commercially favorable terms, or that any such licenses will be available, or that workarounds will be feasible and cost-efficient. If we do not obtain such a license or find a cost-efficient workaround, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely