Company: SIDU
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-001742
Chunk: 1253

Company: Sidus Space Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 1253
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 we have relied primarily on trade secrets and other intellectual property
laws, non-disclosure agreements with our employees, consultants and other relevant persons and other measures to protect our intellectual
property and intend to continue to rely on these and other means, including patent protection, in the future. However, the steps we take
to protect our intellectual property may be inadequate, and we may choose not to pursue or maintain protection for our intellectual property
in the United States or foreign jurisdictions. We will not be able to protect our intellectual property if we are unable to enforce our
rights or if we do not detect unauthorized use of our intellectual property. Despite our precautions, it may be possible for unauthorized
third parties to copy our technology and use information that we regard as proprietary to create technology that competes with ours.

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Further,
the laws of some countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, and mechanisms for
enforcement of intellectual property rights in some foreign countries may be inadequate. To the extent we expand our international activities,
our exposure to unauthorized copying and use of our technologies and proprietary information may increase. Accordingly, despite our efforts,
we may be unable to prevent third parties from infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating our technology and intellectual
property.

We
rely in part on trade secrets, proprietary know-how and other confidential information to maintain our competitive position. Although
we enter into non-disclosure and invention assignment agreements with our employees, enter into non-disclosure agreements with our customers,
consultants, and other parties with whom we have strategic relationships and business alliances and enter into intellectual property
assignment agreements with our consultants and vendors, no assurance can be given that these agreements will be effective in controlling
access to and distribution of our technology and proprietary information. Further, these agreements do not prevent our competitors from
independently developing technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our products.

Protecting
and defending against intellectual property claims may have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our
success depends in part upon successful prosecution, maintenance, enforcement and protection of our owned and licensed intellectual property.

To
protect our intellectual property rights, we may be required to spend significant resources to monitor and protect these rights. Litigation
may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights and to protect our trade secrets. Such litigation could be
costly, time-consuming and distracting to management and could result in the impairment or loss of portions of our intellectual property.
Furthermore, our efforts to