Riverbed Technology (RVBD)

Intellectual Property

Our success as a company depends upon our ability to protect our core technology and intellectual property. To accomplish this, we rely on a combination of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks, as well as customary contractual protections.

Our worldwide patent portfolio includes twelve patents, including nine U.S. patents, two Republic of India patents, and one People’s Republic of China patent. Patents generally have a term of twenty years from their priority date, which is generally either the date they were initially filed or the filing date of the earliest patent from which priority is claimed. U.S. patent filings are intended to provide the holder with a right to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing in the U.S. the inventions covered by the claims of granted patents. We have U.S. provisional and non-provisional patent applications pending, as well as counterparts pending in other jurisdictions around the world. We do not know whether any of our pending patent applications will result in the issuance of patents or whether the examination process will require us to narrow our claims. Our granted patents, and to the extent any future patents are issued, any such future patents may be contested, circumvented or invalidated over the course of our business, and we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing these patents. Therefore, the exact effect of having a patent cannot be predicted with certainty.

Our registered trademarks in the U.S. are Riverbed, Steelhead, Riverbed (stylized), RiOS and Interceptor. Our registered trademarks in Japan are Riverbed, Steelhead, Riverbed (stylized) and Think Fast. Our registered trademarks in the European Community are Riverbed, Steelhead and Riverbed (stylized). We also have a number of trademark applications pending, in the U.S. as well as in other jurisdictions.

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In addition to the foregoing protections, we generally control access to and use of our proprietary software and other confidential information through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contractors, customers and partners, and our software is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

We also incorporate third-party software programs into our products pursuant to license agreements. These software programs enable us, for example, to configure a storage adapter for specific redundant disk setups, initialize and diagnose hardware on certain models, and help manage statistics and reporting. Any disruption in our access to these software programs could result in significant delays in our product releases and could require substantial effort to locate or develop a replacement program.

Intellectual Property

Our success as a
company depends upon our ability to protect our core technology and intellectual property. To accomplish this, we rely on a combination of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks, as well as
customary contractual protections.

Our worldwide patent portfolio includes twelve patents, including nine U.S. patents, two Republic of India
patents, and one People’s Republic of China patent. Patents generally have a term of twenty years from their priority date, which is generally either the date they were initially filed or the filing date of the earliest patent from which
priority is claimed. U.S. patent filings are intended to provide the holder with a right to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing in the U.S. the inventions covered by the claims of granted patents. We have U.S. provisional and
non-provisional patent applications pending, as well as counterparts pending in other jurisdictions around the world. We do not know whether any of our pending patent applications will result in the issuance of patents or whether the examination
process will require us to narrow our claims. Our granted patents, and to the extent any future patents are issued, any such future patents may be contested, circumvented or invalidated over the course of our business, and we may not be able to
prevent third parties from infringing these patents. Therefore, the exact effect of having a patent cannot be predicted with certainty.

Our
registered trademarks in the U.S. are Riverbed, Steelhead, Riverbed (stylized), RiOS and Interceptor. Our registered trademarks in Japan are Riverbed, Steelhead, Riverbed (stylized) and Think Fast. Our registered trademarks in the European Community
are Riverbed, Steelhead and Riverbed (stylized). We also have a number of trademark applications pending, in the U.S. as well as in other jurisdictions.

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In addition to the foregoing protections, we generally control access to and use of our proprietary software and
other confidential information through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contractors, customers and partners, and our software is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

We also incorporate third-party software programs into our products pursuant to license agreements. These software programs enable us, for example,
to configure a storage adapter for specific redundant disk setups, initialize and diagnose hardware on certain models, and help manage statistics and reporting. Any disruption in our access to these software programs could result in significant
delays in our product releases and could require substantial effort to locate or develop a replacement program.

Intellectual Property

Our success as a company depends upon our ability to protect our core technology and intellectual property. To accomplish this, we rely on a combination of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks, as well as customary contractual protections.

We have been granted three United States patents for our Content-Based Segmentation Scheme (which covers aspects of our Data Streamlining), one United States patent for aspects of our Transaction Accelerator system (the architectural framework of RiOS), and one United States patent for our Cooperative Proxy Auto-Discovery and Connection Interception methods and apparatus. The granted United States patents will expire in 2022 or 2023. United States patent filings are intended to provide the holder with a right to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing in the U.S. the inventions covered by the claims of granted patents. We have United States provisional and non-provisional patent applications pending, as well as counterparts pending in other jurisdictions around the world. We do not know whether any of our pending patent applications will result in the issuance of patents or whether the examination process will require us to narrow our claims. Our granted United States patents, and to the extent any future patents are issued, any such future patents may be contested, circumvented or invalidated over the course of our business, and we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing these patents. Therefore, the exact effect of having a patent cannot be predicted with certainty.

Our three registered trademarks in the United States are Riverbed, Steelhead and Riverbed (stylized). Our three registered trademarks in Japan are Riverbed, Steelhead and Riverbed (stylized). Our two registered trademarks in the European Community are Steelhead and Riverbed (stylized). We also have United States trademark applications pending to register Riverbed (stylized), RiOS, Interceptor, THINK FAST and the Riverbed Design mark, and a European Community trademark application pending for the mark Riverbed.

In addition to the foregoing protections, we generally control access to and use of our proprietary software and other confidential information through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contractors, customers and partners, and our software is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

We also incorporate third-party software programs into our products pursuant to license agreements. These software programs enable us, for example, to configure a storage adapter for specific redundant disk setups, initialize and diagnose hardware on certain models, and help manage statistics and reporting. Any disruption in our access to these software programs could result in significant delays in our product releases and could require substantial effort to locate or develop a replacement program.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Our success as a company depends upon our ability to protect our core technology and intellectual property. To accomplish this, we rely on a combination of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks, as well as customary contractual protections.

We have been granted three United States patents for our Content-Based Segmentation Scheme (which covers aspects of our Data Streamlining) and a United States patent for aspects of our Transaction Accelerator system (the architectural framework of RiOS). The granted United States patents will expire in 2022. United States patent filings are intended to provide the holder with a right to exclude others from making, using, selling or importing in the U.S. the inventions covered by the claims of granted patents. We have United States provisional and non-provisional patent applications pending, as well as counterparts pending in other jurisdictions around the world. We do not know whether any of our pending patent applications will result in the issuance of patents or whether the examination process will require us to narrow our claims. Our granted United States patents, and to the extent any future patents are issued, any such future patents may be contested, circumvented or invalidated over the course of our business, and we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing these patents. Therefore, the exact effect of having a patent cannot be predicted with certainty.

Our two registered trademarks in the United States are Riverbed and Steelhead. Our three registered trademarks in Japan are Riverbed, Steelhead and Riverbed (stylized). Our two registered trademarks in the European Community are Riverbed (stylized) and Steelhead. We also have United States trademark applications pending to register Riverbed (stylized), RiOS, Interceptor and the Riverbed Design mark, and a European Community trademark application pending for the mark Riverbed.

In addition to the foregoing protections, we generally control access to and use of our proprietary software and other confidential information through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contractors, customers and partners, and our software is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

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We also incorporate third-party software programs into our Steelhead and Central Management Console appliances pursuant to license agreements. These software programs enable us to configure a storage adapter for specific redundant disk setups, initialize and diagnose hardware on certain models, and help manage statistics and reporting. Any disruption in our access to these software programs could result in significant delays in our product releases and could require substantial effort to locate or develop a replacement program.