Company: CSLMF
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-155514
Chunk: 139

Company: CSLM ACQUISITION CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-07-03
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 139
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 can be difficult, particularly with respect to international jurisdictions. Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or reverse engineer Fusemachines’ solutions or certain aspects of
Fusemachines’ solutions that are considered proprietary. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce or defend Fusemachines’ intellectual property rights, to prevent unauthorized parties from copying or reverse engineering its
solutions, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to block the importation of infringing products into the U.S. Any such litigation, regardless of merit, could be costly, divert the attention of management and may
not ultimately be resolved in Fusemachines’ favor.

Effective patent, trademark, service mark, copyright and trade secret protection
may not be available or applied for in every country in which Fusemachines’ products are available and competitors based in other countries may sell infringing products in one or more markets. An inability to adequately protect and enforce
Fusemachines’ intellectual property and other proprietary rights or an inability to prevent authorized parties from copying or reverse engineering its technology solutions or certain aspects of its solutions that Fusemachines considers
proprietary could adversely affect its business, operating results, financial condition and prospects.

Fusemachines relies on unpatented proprietary information, trade secrets, processes and know-how, as well as open source software in certain instances. Our failure to protect our confidential information, trade secrets, processes and know-how, and our reliance on open source solutions, could negatively impact our business and results of operations.

Fusemachines relies on proprietary information
(such as trade secrets, know-how and confidential information) to protect intellectual property that may not be patentable or subject to copyright, trademark, trade dress or service mark protection.

Fusemachines generally seeks to protect this proprietary information by entering into confidentiality agreements, or consulting, services or
employment agreements that contain non-disclosure and non-use provisions with its employees, consultants, contractors and third parties. However, Fusemachines may fail to enter into the necessary agreements and, even if entered into, these
agreements may be breached or may otherwise fail to prevent disclosure, third-party infringement or misappropriation of its proprietary information, may be limited as to their term and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized
disclosure or use of proprietary information. Fusemachines has limited control over the protection of trade secrets used by its current or future manufacturing partners and suppliers and could lose future trade secret protection if any unauthorized
disclosure of such information occurs. In addition,