Company: DMRC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-005471
Chunk: 68

Company: Digimarc CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 68
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 services, and those of our business partners, in accordance with regulatory or industry standards. Our ability to remain competitive will depend in part on our ability to comply with emerging industry and governmental standards in a timely and cost-effective manner. If we are unable to meet these standards effectively, our growth and the development of various products and services could be delayed or limited.

(26) We may need to hire additional employees or contract labor in the future in order to take advantage of new business opportunities arising from increased demand, which could increase costs and impede our ability to achieve or sustain profitability in the short term.

We have staffed our company with the intent of accelerating our product development and sales growth initiatives while also focusing on achieving and sustaining profitability. Our current staffing levels could affect our ability to respond to increased demand for our products and services. In addition, to meet any increased demand and take advantage of new business opportunities in the future, we may need to increase our workforce through additional employees or contract labor. Although we believe that increasing our workforce would potentially support anticipated growth and profitability, it would increase our costs. If we experience such an increase in costs, we may not succeed in achieving or sustaining profitability in the short term.

On February 26, 2025, we announced a reorganization, which could impact our workforce by up to 90 employees. This reorganization is intended to streamline our team structure to better align with our long-term growth initiatives and profitability objectives. If we do not fully realize or maintain the anticipated benefits of the reorganization and related cost reduction initiatives, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could be adversely affected, and additional reorganization actions and cost reduction initiatives may be necessary. Our reorganization and cost cutting activities may also yield unintended consequences and costs, such as attrition beyond our intended reorganization, a reduction in morale among our remaining employees, and the risk we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the reorganization, all of which may have an adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

(27) Products deploying our technology could have unknown defects or errors, which may give rise to claims against us, divert application of our resources from other purposes or increase our project implementation and support costs.

Products and services as complex as ours may contain undetected defects or errors. Furthermore, we often provide complex implementation, integration, customization, consulting, and other technical services in connection with the implementation and ongoing maintenance of our products. Despite testing, defects or errors in our products and services may occur, which could