# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000866439
**File Stem:** 0001683168-25-009248
**Filing Date:** 2025-12
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001683168-25-009248.hdr.sgml**: 20251218

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001683168-25-009248

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251218

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251218

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251218

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DarkPulse, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000866439
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 870472109
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-18730
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251582931

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3 COLUMBUS CIRCLE
- **STREET 2:** 15TH FL.
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-436-1436

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3 COLUMBUS CIRCLE
- **STREET 2:** 15TH FL.
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10019

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** KLEVER MARKETING INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970605

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIDEOCART INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930328

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? DARKPULSE, INC. 8-K

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, DC 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2025

Commission File Number 000-18730

**DARKPULSE, INC.**

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **87-0472109** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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**3 Columbus Circle, Floor 15,** **New York, NY 10019**

(Address of principal executive offices)

**800-436-1436**

(Issuer's telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 7.01** | **Regulation FD Disclosure.** |

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On December 18, 2025, DarkPulse, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "**Company**"), issued a press release announcing the execution of a comprehensive Patent and Trademark License Agreement with UMBRA Technologies Ltd. (BVI) and UMBRA Technologies (US) Inc. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The furnishing of the press release is not an admission as to the materiality of any information therein. The information contained in the press release is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of more complete information included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**SEC**") and other public announcements that the Company has made and may make from time to time by press release or otherwise. The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise the information contained in this report, although it may do so from time to time as its management believes is appropriate. Any such updating may be made through the filing of other reports or documents with the SEC, through press releases or through other public disclosures.

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in the press release shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the SEC made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits.

<u>Exhibit No.</u> <u>Description</u> <br> 99.1 [Press release dated December 18, 2025](darkpulse_ex9901.htm) <br> 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **DarkPulse, Inc.** | **DarkPulse, Inc.** |
| Date: December 18, 2025 | By: | */s/ Dennis O'Leary* |
|  |  | Dennis O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

**DarkPulse, Inc. Enters into Patent and Trademark License**

**Agreement with UMBRA Technologies to Integrate Next-Generation**

**Secure Networking with Advanced Fiber-Optic Sensing**

<br> NEW YORK, NY – December 18, 2025 – DarkPulse, Inc. (OTCQB: DPLS), a Delaware corporation headquartered in New York and a leader in distributed fiber-optic sensing (DFOS) technologies for real-time critical infrastructure monitoring, today announced the execution of a comprehensive Patent and Trademark License Agreement with UMBRA Technologies Ltd. (BVI) and UMBRA Technologies (US) Inc. (collectively, the "UMBRA Technologies").

The agreement grants DarkPulse a nonexclusive, royalty-bearing license under UMBRA's extensive U.S. patent portfolio for applications involving the monitoring of critical infrastructure and key resources using DarkPulse's proprietary Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) distributed fiber-optic sensor deployments. Additionally, the license also extends on a non-exclusive basis to UMBRA's broader patent rights, know-how, and trademarks within defined fields, with those broader rights limited to the United States. Finally, the license creates an opportunity for exclusivity "carve-outs" of the UMBRA IP through additional royalty payments linked to future deployment verticals.

Key UMBRA U.S. patents underpinning the licensed technology include, among others:

• U.S. Patent No. 10,630,505 (multi-perimeter firewall and cloud security)<br> • U.S. Patent No. 10,922,286 and related Slingshot omnibus family (network slinghop via tapestry routing and remote direct memory access)<br> • Multiple recently issued patents in the GVN family (2024–2025), covering AI-driven obfuscation, smart routing, and secure virtual networking

These innovations allow Slingshot® to pre-position and reconstruct data fragments across global edge nodes, achieving sub-second retrieval and wire-speed performance even under congested or degraded network conditions—ideal for moving the enormous, continuous data streams generated by DarkPulse's high-resolution (20 mm spatial resolution) BOTDA sensors.

By integrating UMBRA's secure, high-throughput networking with DarkPulse's patented dark-pulse Brillouin sensing systems, the combined solution delivers real-time, encrypted transmission of structural health, strain, temperature, and security data from pipelines, railways, national borders, bridges, dams, and smart-city assets to DarkPulse's AI-enhanced user interface, accessible from any device worldwide.

This end-to-end platform eliminates the cost and rigidity of dedicated private circuits while providing military-grade data protection and latency performance previously unattainable at scale.

Dennis O'Leary, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DarkPulse, stated: "UMBRA's Slingshot® and GVN technologies represent the gold standard in secure, high-volume data transport. Pairing these capabilities with DarkPulse's industry-leading fiber-optic sensing technologies creates a transformative solution for critical infrastructure owners who require instantaneous, globally accessible insight without compromising security or reliability."

**About DarkPulse, Inc.** (OTCQB: DPLS) develops and commercializes patented dark-pulse Brillouin scattering fiber-optic sensors that deliver independent, high-resolution strain and temperature measurements for structural health monitoring and perimeter security across energy, transportation, and smart infrastructure markets. More information is available at www.darkpulse.com.

**About UMBRA Technologies.** is an award-winning provider of AI-powered secure network optimization and next-generation SD-WAN solutions. Protected by a comprehensive portfolio of issued U.S. patents and trademarks, its Global Virtual Network platform, incorporating Slingshot® GEODESTINATION® and UMBRA® technologies, sets the benchmark for low-latency, high-security transmission of big data and mission-critical applications worldwide. Additional details are available at www.UMBRAtech.com.

Media Contact:<br> Investor Relations<br> DarkPulse, Inc.<br> Email: ir@darkpulse.com

**Safe Harbor Statement** 

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as "believe," "expect," "may," "should," "could," "seek," "intend," "plan," "goal," "estimate," "anticipate" or other comparable terms. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this news release regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans, and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by customers; our continued ability to pay operating costs and ability to meet demand for our products and services; the amount and nature of competition from other security and telecom products and services; the effects of changes in the cybersecurity and telecom markets; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, strategic alliance agreements, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in our prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether because of new information, future developments or otherwise.