Intellectual Property
The Company regards its patents, copyrights, service marks, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, proprietary technology and
similar intellectual property as critical to its success, and relies on trademark, copyright and patent law, trade secret protection and
confidentiality and/or license agreements with its employees, customers, partners and others to protect its proprietary rights. The
Company has applied for the registration of certain of its trademarks and service marks in the United States and internationally. In
addition, the Company has filed U.S. and international patent applications covering certain of its proprietary technology. Effective
trademark, service mark, copyright, patent and trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which the Company's
products and services are made available online. The Company has licensed in the past, and expects that it may license in the future,
certain of its proprietary rights, such as trademarks, technology or copyrighted material, to third parties