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claim We also cannot be certain that we or our clients are infringing upon their intellectual property solutions and services do not infringe third party IP rights. Furthermore, although Although we have established policies and procedures designed to respect the intellectual property those rights of third parties and that prohibit the unauthorized use of intellectual property, IP, we may not be aware if our employees have misappropriated and/or misused intellectual property, IP, and their actions could result in claims of intellectual property misappropriation and/or infringement from third parties. These claims Claims could harm our reputation, cause us to incur impose substantial costs or prevent us from offering some solutions or services services. In addition, in the future. Any related proceedings could require us to expend significant resources over an extended period of time. In most of our contracts, we agree to indemnify our clients for expenses and liabilities resulting from claimed infringements of the intellectual property rights of third parties. In some instances, the amount of third-party IP infringements, and these indemnities could be greater than the revenues we receive from the client. related revenues. Any claims or litigation in this area could be time-consuming and costly, damage our reputation and/or require us to incur additional costs to obtain the right to continue to offer a service or solution to our clients. If we cannot secure this the right at all or to continue using the IP on reasonable terms, terms or we are unable to implement in a cost-effective manner alternative technology, effective alternatives, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected. The Infringement risk of infringement claims against us may increase as we expand our industry AI, and deploy AI and deploy software and hardware solutions and continue to develop and deploy our AI, software and hardware solutions to across multiple clients. Any infringement action brought against us or our clients could be costly to defend or lead to an expensive settlement or judgment against us.

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