Company: WLTH
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001628280-25-043113
Chunk: 97

Company: WEALTHFRONT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form: S-1
Chunk 97
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 with our platform. In addition, to the extent that any claim arises as a result of third-party technology we have licensed for use in our platform, we may be unable to recover from the appropriate third party any expenses or other liabilities that we incur and may be forced to discontinue our use of such third-party technology. We expect the number of such claims (whether warranted or not) to increase, particularly as a public company with an increased profile and visibility, as our platform, the number of products and services we offer, and the level of competition in our market grows, as the functionality of our platform overlaps with that of other products and services, and as the volume of issued software patents and patent applications continues to increase.

Companies in the financial services and technology industries, including some of our current and potential competitors, own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and frequently engage in litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. In addition, many of these companies have the capability to dedicate substantially greater resources to enforce their intellectual property rights and to defend claims that may be brought against them. Furthermore, patent holding companies, non-practicing entities, and other adverse patent owners that are not deterred by our existing intellectual property protections may seek to assert patent claims against us. Third parties have and may, in the future, assert patent, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights against us, our third-party partners, or our clients. We have received, and we may in the future receive, notices that claim we have misappropriated, misused, or infringed other parties’ intellectual property rights. As we gain greater market visibility, we may face a higher risk of being the subject of intellectual property infringement claims.

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There may be third-party intellectual property rights, including issued or pending patents and trademarks, that cover significant aspects of our technologies or business methods and assets. In the event that we engage engineers or other personnel who were previously engaged by competitors or other third parties, we may be subject to claims that those personnel have inadvertently or deliberately incorporated proprietary technology of third parties into our products or have otherwise improperly used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information. We may also in the future be subject to claims by our third-party partners, employees, or contractors asserting an ownership right in our patents, patent applications, or other intellectual property rights as a result of the work they performed on our behalf. In addition, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel.

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