Company: BSFC
Filing Date: 2025-02-10
Form Type: POS AM
Source: 0001493152-25-005479
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Company: Blue Star Foods Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-02-10
Form: POS AM
Chunk 33
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 must ultimately be sought on a country-by-country basis, which is an expensive and time-consuming process with uncertain outcomes. Accordingly, we may choose not to seek patent protection in certain countries, and we will not have the benefit of patent protection in such countries.

Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts from other aspects of our business. Accordingly, our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights in such countries may be inadequate. In addition, changes in the law and legal decisions by courts in the United States and foreign countries may affect our ability to obtain adequate protection for our technology and the enforcement of intellectual property.

Third parties may assert that our employees or consultants have wrongfully used or disclosed confidential information or misappropriated trade secrets.

Although we try to ensure that our employees and consultants do not use the proprietary information or know-how of others in their work for us, we may be subject to claims that we or our employees, consultants or independent contractors have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed intellectual property, including trade secrets or other proprietary information, of a former employer or other third parties. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees.

Risks Related to Regulatory Matters

Our products and operations are subject to government regulation and oversight both in the United States and abroad, and our failure to comply with applicable requirements could harm our business.

The FDA and other government agencies regulate, among other things, with respect to our products and operations:

| ● | design,                                                             
 development and manufacturing;                                      |
| ● | testing,                                                            
 labeling, content and language of instructions for use and storage; |
| ● | product                                                             
 safety;                                                             |
| ● | marketing,                                                          
 sales and distribution;                                             |
| ● | record                                                              
 keeping procedures;                                                 |
| ● | advertising                                                         
 and promotion;                                                      |
| ● | recalls                                                             
 and corrective actions; and                                         |
| ● | product                                                             
 import and export.                                                  |

The regulations to which we are subject are complex and have tended to become more stringent over time. Regulatory changes could result in restrictions on our ability to carry on or expand our operations, higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated sales.

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The failure to comply with applicable regulations could jeopardize our