Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
In the normal course of our business, we are involved in legal proceedings. In the past, we have litigated to enforce the terms of license agreements, determine infringement or validity of intellectual property rights, and defend ourselves or our customers against claims of infringement or breach of contract. We expect to continue to be involved in similar legal proceedings in the future. Although considerable uncertainty exists, our management does not anticipate that the disposition of these matters will have a material effect on our results of operations, consolidated financial position or liquidity. However, the disposition, costs, or liabilities could be material to our results of operations in the period recognized.
Item 1A. Ri sk Factors
Except as set forth below, there were no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A. of our Form 10-K.
We are exposed to the risks related to international sales and operations.
We derive a large portion of our total revenue from operations outside of the United States. Therefore, we face exposure to risks of operating in many foreign countries, including:
• difficulties and costs associated with complying with a wide variety of complex laws, treaties, regulations and compliance requirements;
• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
• restrictions on, or difficulties and costs associated with, the repatriation of cash from foreign countries to the United States;
• earnings and cash flows that may be subject to tax withholding requirements or the imposition of tariffs;
• political and economic instability, trade conflict and international hostilities;
• unexpected changes in political or regulatory environments;
• differing employment practices, labor compliance and costs associated with a global workforce;
• exchange controls or other restrictions;
• import and export restrictions and other trade barriers;
• difficulties in maintaining overseas subsidiaries and international operations; and
• difficulties in obtaining approval for significant transactions.
Any one or more of the above factors may adversely affect our international operations and could significantly affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. For example, the United States has signaled its intention to change U.S. trade policy, including renegotiating or terminating existing trade agreements and leveraging tariffs. In April 2025, the United States imposed additional tariffs on imports from China and announced reciprocal and sectorial tariffs on imports from other countries. These additional tariffs or any future tariffs, as well as a government’s adoption of “buy national” policies or retaliation by another government against such tariffs or policies, have introduced significant uncertainty into the market and may strain global supply chain that we depend on, and may adversely affect the prices of and demand for the products that include our technologies, which could have a negative impact on the Company’s results of operations. Furthermore, a decrease in discretionary consumer and corporate spending, including as a result of price increases stemming from the imposition of tariffs on foreign imports, could result in a reduction in the purchases of TVs, automobiles and consumer electronic devices, and could cause an ensuing reduction in our monetization revenue.
Further, the results of our operations will be dependent to a large extent upon the global economy. Geopolitical factors such as terrorist activities, wars, foreign invasion or armed conflict, tariffs, trade disputes, local or global recessions, diplomatic or economic tensions (such as the tension between China and Taiwan), long-term environmental risks, climate change, or global health conditions that adversely affect the global economy may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Additionally, our business could be materially adversely affected if foreign markets do not continue to develop, if we do not receive additional orders to supply our technologies, products or services for use by international Pay-TV service providers, TV OEMs, automobile, CE and set-top-box manufacturers, PPV/VOD providers and others, or if regulations governing our international business change. Changes to the statutes or regulations with respect to export of encryption technologies could require us to redesign our products or technologies or prevent us from selling our products and licensing our technologies internationally.
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