Company: ZK
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000390
Chunk: 49

Company: ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 49
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 operations.
We may need to defend ourselves against patent or trademark infringement claims, which may be time-consuming and would cause us to incur substantial costs and potential adverse effect on our business operations.
Companies, organizations or individuals, including our competitors, may hold or obtain patents, trademarks or other proprietary rights that would prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to make, use, develop, sell or market our BEVs, which could make it more difficult for us to operate our business. From time to time, we may receive communications from holders of patents, copyrights or trademarks regarding their proprietary rights. Companies holding patents, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights may bring suits alleging infringement of such rights by us or our employees or otherwise assert their rights and urge us to take licenses. Any such intellectual property infringement claim could result in costly litigation and divert our management’s attention and resources.
If we or our employees are determined to have infringed upon a third-party’s intellectual property rights, we may be required to do one or more of the following:

●   cease offering NEVs or services that incorporate or use the challenged intellectual property;
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●   pay substantial damages;
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●   seek a license from the holder of the infringed intellectual property right, in which case the license may not be available on reasonable terms or at all;
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●   redesign our BEVs or relevant services which would incur significant cost; or
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●   establish and maintain alternative branding for our BEVs and services.
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In the event of a successful claim of infringement against us and our failure or inability to obtain a license to the infringed technology or other intellectual property right, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operation could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, any litigation or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs, negative publicity and diversion of resources and management attention, which would negatively affect our brand and harm our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

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As our intellectual property rights may expire and may not be extended, our applications may not be granted, and our intellectual property rights may be contested, circumvented, invalidated, or limited in scope, our intellectual property rights may not protect us effectively. In particular, we may not be able to prevent others from developing or exploiting competing technologies, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and confidentiality agreements to protect our proprietary rights. As