Company: AIRJW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001013762-25-002263
Chunk: 125

Company: AirJoule Technologies Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 125
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 our proprietary information. We cannot guarantee that we have entered into such agreements with each party that may have or has had
access to our trade secrets or proprietary technology and processes. We cannot assure you that these agreements will provide effective
or meaningful protection against the unauthorized use, misappropriation, or disclosure of our trade secrets, know-how, or other proprietary
information. Enforcing a claim that a party disclosed proprietary information in an unauthorized manner or misappropriated a trade secret
is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts are less willing or unwilling to
protect trade secrets, and agreement terms that address non-competition are difficult to enforce in many jurisdictions and might not be
enforceable in certain cases. Furthermore, competitors may independently develop products or technologies that are substantially equivalent
or superior to our own, regardless of our efforts to maintain the confidentiality of our trade secrets and other proprietary information.

If we are unable to effectively protect our technologies, intellectual
property, trade secrets and other proprietary information, our competitive position, business, financial condition, and results of operations
could be harmed.

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A number of foreign countries do not protect intellectual
property rights to the same extent as the United States. Therefore, our intellectual property rights may not be as strong or as easily
enforced outside of the United States and efforts to protect against the infringement, misappropriation or unauthorized use of our intellectual
property rights, technology and other proprietary rights may be difficult and costly outside of the United States. Furthermore, legal
standards relating to the intellectual property rights are uncertain and any changes in, or unexpected interpretations of, intellectual
property laws may compromise our ability to enforce our patent rights, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights.

Patent, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property
laws are geographical in scope and vary throughout the world. Some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to
the same extent as do the laws of the United States. In addition, trade secrets and know-how can be difficult to protect and some
courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets and know-how. If any of our trade
secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor or other third party, we would have no right to
prevent them from using that technology or information to compete with us, and our competitive position would be materially and
adversely harmed. Further, even if we engaged local counsel in key foreign jurisdictions,