Company: WBI
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001193125-25-202719
Chunk: 72

Company: WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC
Filing Date: 2025-09-15
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 72
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 completion activities or otherwise could adversely affect the amount of produced water we manage on our infrastructure network, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. Some E&P companies are focusing on developing and utilizing non-water fracturing techniques, including those utilizing propane, carbon dioxide or nitrogen instead of water, and we may face competitive pressure to implement or acquire certain new technologies at a significant cost. If producers in our areas of operation were to shift their fracturing techniques to waterless fracturing in the development of their wells, demand for our services would be materially and negatively impacted, and we may be unable to implement or acquire new technologies or products on a timely basis or at an acceptable cost.

While our intellectual property is protected under copyright and trade secret law, we cannot guarantee that such protections will be adequate. Any failure to protect our intellectual property could impair our ability to protect our proprietary technology, and our use of “open-source” code in the WAVE platform may create additional risks. If we do not continue to maintain, improve and adapt our data analysis technologies, including the WAVE platform, our ability to service new and existing customers may be negatively impacted, our competitive advantage may be diminished and we could be subject to claims by third parties for alleged infringement of their intellectual property, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

We protect our rights in the WAVE platform primarily through a combination of copyright and trade secret law, as well as non-disclosure and intellectual property assignment agreements. While we try to enter into confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements with our employees and independent contractors, we cannot guarantee that we have entered into such agreements with all employees or contractors with access to the WAVE platform. Additionally, we cannot guarantee that our contractors have entered into such confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements with their subcontractors. Also, while we generally keep the proprietary source code for the WAVE platform as if it were a trade secret, we cannot guarantee that the source code would be adequately protected by trade secret laws, or that such laws, or the contractual protections we have now or in the future, will be effective in preventing against or providing remedies for unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, our confidential information, including in our WAVE platform. Our failure to obtain or maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property rights for any reason could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

While we developed our WAVE platform in-house with the assistance of