Hasbro (HAS)

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and other agreements that establish our ownership rights and maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged, and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of our intellectual property has been internally developed and has no carrying value on our balance sheet. However, as of December 27, 2009, we had $554,567 of acquired product and licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet. Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of the related assets and could result in an impairment charge. Reduction in our net earnings caused by impairment charges could harm our financial results.

 

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and other agreements that establish our ownership rights and maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged, and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of our intellectual property has been internally developed and has no carrying value on our balance sheet. However, as of December 28, 2008, we had $568,412 of acquired product and licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet. Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of the related assets and could result in an impairment charge. Reduction in our net earnings caused by impairment charges could harm our financial results.

 

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and
other agreements that establish our ownership rights and
maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are
of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret,
copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws
to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related
to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged,
and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our
intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to
the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or
infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to
resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property
rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of
resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property
rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of
our intellectual property has been internally developed and has
no carrying value on our balance sheet. However, as of
December 28, 2008, we had $568,412 of acquired product and
licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet.
Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed
products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of
the related assets and could result in an impairment charge.
Reduction in our net earnings caused by impairment charges could
harm our financial results.

 

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and other agreements that establish our ownership rights and maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged, and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of our intellectual property has been internally developed and has no carrying value on our balance sheet. As of December 30, 2007, we had approximately $486,232 of acquired product and licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet. Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of the related assets and could result in an impairment charge. Reduction in our net income caused by impairment charges could harm our financial results.

 

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and
other agreements that establish our ownership rights and
maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are
of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret,
copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws
to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related
to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged,
and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our
intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to
the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or
infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to
resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property
rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of
resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property
rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of
our intellectual property has been internally developed and has
no carrying value on our balance sheet. As of December 30,
2007, we had approximately $486,232 of acquired product and
licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet.
Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed
products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of
the related assets and could result in an impairment charge.
Reduction in our net income caused by impairment charges could
harm our financial results.

 

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and other agreements that establish our ownership rights and maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged, and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of our intellectual property has been internally developed and has no carrying value on our balance sheet. However, as of December 31, 2006, we had approximately $532,257 of acquired product and licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet. Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of the related assets and could result in an impairment charge. Reduction in our net income caused by impairment charges could harm our financial results.

 

 

Our intellectual property, including our license agreements and other agreements that establish our ownership rights and maintain the confidentiality of our intellectual property, are of great value. We rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, patent and other proprietary rights laws to protect our rights to valuable intellectual property related to our brands. From time to time, third parties have challenged, and may in the future try to challenge, our ownership of our intellectual property. In addition, our business is subject to the risk of third parties counterfeiting our products or infringing on our intellectual property rights. We may need to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, which could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources. Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could harm our business and competitive position. Much of our intellectual property has been internally developed and has no carrying value on our balance sheet. As of December 25, 2005, we had approximately $609,678 of acquired product and licensing rights included in other assets on our balance sheet. Declines in the profitability of the acquired brands or licensed products may impact our ability to recover the carrying value of the related assets and