Privacidad y derechos de autor de GoPro

Intellectual property

Intellectual property is an important aspect of our business, and our practice is to seek protection for our intellectual property as appropriate.

Our trademarks, including “GoPro” and “Be a Hero,” are a critical component of the value of our business. In addition, we hold many issued and pending utility and design patents for various aspects of our capture devices and the software that helps our customers manage, share and enjoy their content. Our patents cover areas that include physical structures, image processing, operational firmware and software, post-processing software,

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distribution software, mount and accessory structures, as well as the ornamental aspects of our capture devices. As of February 10, 2015, we had 56 issued patents and 116 patent applications pending in the United States, and 21 corresponding issued patents and 39 patent applications pending in foreign countries. We cannot be certain that our patent applications will be issued or that any issued patents will provide us with any competitive advantage or will not be challenged by third parties. Our issued U.S. patents will expire between 2024 and 2034 and our issued foreign patents will expire between 2022 and 2039. We continually review our developments efforts to assess the existence and patentability of new intellectual property.

In addition to the foregoing protections, we generally control access to and use of our proprietary and other confidential information through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contract manufacturers, distributors and others. Despite these protections, we may be unable to prevent third parties from using our intellectual property without our authorization, breaching any nondisclosure agreements with us, or independently developing products that are similar to ours, particularly in those countries where the laws do not protect our proprietary and intellectual property rights as fully as in the United States.

Propiedad intelectual

La propiedad intelectual es un aspecto importante de nuestro negocio y nuestra práctica es buscar la protección de nuestra propiedad intelectual, según corresponda.

Nuestras marcas, incluyendo "GoPro" y "ser un héroe," son un componente crítico del valor de nuestro negocio. Además, tenemos muchos emitidas y pendientes de patentes de utilidad y diseño para diversos aspectos de nuestros dispositivos de captura y el software que ayuda a nuestros clientes a gestionar, compartir y disfrutar de su contenido. Nuestras patentes cubren áreas que incluyen estructuras físicas, procesamiento de imágenes, firmware y software operativo, software de post-procesamiento,

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software de distribución, estructuras de montaje y accesorios, así como los aspectos ornamentales de nuestros dispositivos de captura. Como de 10 de febrero de 2015, teníamos 56 patentes concedidas y 116 solicitudes de patentes pendientes en Estados Unidos, y 21 correspondientes patentes concedidas y 39 solicitudes de patentes pendientes en los países extranjeros. No podemos estar seguros de que nuestras solicitudes de patentes se emitirán o que cualquier patentes emitidas nos proporcionarán una ventaja competitiva o no quieren ser impugnadas por terceros. Nuestras patentes estadounidenses emitidas expirarán entre 2024 y 2034 y nuestros patentes extranjeras emitidas expirará entre 2022 y 2039. Revisamos continuamente nuestros esfuerzos desarrollos para evaluar la existencia y la patentabilidad de nueva propiedad intelectual.

Además de las protecciones anteriores, por lo general, controlar el acceso y uso de nuestra información confidencial propiedad y otra a través del uso de los controles internos y externos, incluyendo protecciones contractuales con empleados, fabricantes por contrato, distribuidores y otros. A pesar de estas protecciones, podemos ser incapaces de impedir que terceros usen nuestra propiedad intelectual sin nuestra autorización, violando los acuerdos de confidencialidad con nosotros, o desarrollar de forma independiente los productos que son similares a la nuestra, sobre todo en aquellos países donde las leyes no protegen nuestra patentada y los derechos de propiedad intelectual como plenamente como en los Estados Unidos.

Legal proceesings

On December 5, 2012, e.Digital Corporation filed a lawsuit against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California which alleges infringement of United States Patent No. 5,742,737, or the ‘737 patent, entitled “Method for recording voice messages on flash memory in a hand held recorder,” by certain of our cameras. We answered the complaint on February 4, 2013, denying infringement and validity, and asserting counterclaims for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity. e.Digital filed an amended complaint on June 4, 2013, adding allegations that we infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,491,774, or the ’774 patent, entitled “Handheld Record and Playback Device with Flash Memory.” We answered the amended complaint on June 18, 2013, again denying infringement and validity, and asserting counterclaims for declaratory judgment of non- infringement and invalidity. e.Digital also sued a number of additional parties unrelated to us and our products asserting claims regarding the patents asserted against us and in some cases, two other patents.

We, along with a number of other defendants sued by e.Digital, moved to limit the scope of the ’774 patent based on collateral estoppel resulting from an unfavorable claim construction ruling e.Digital received in an earlier action. On August 22, 2013, the court granted defendants’ motion and held that e.Digital was collaterally estopped from re-litigating the claim construction of the ’774 patent. Subsequently, e.Digital stipulated to a judgment of non- infringement and appealed the District Court's grant of collateral estoppel and the parties briefed the matter. The Federal Circuit heard oral argument on the consolidated appeal on October 7, 2014 and on November 19, 2014, issued its ruling affirming the District Court decision thereby removing the '774 patent from the case. A new scheduling order from the District Court is expected in mid-February.

We are currently and in the future may continue to be subject to litigation, claims and assertions incidental to our business, including patent infringement litigation and product liability claims, as well as other litigation of a non- material nature in the ordinary course of business. We believe that the outcome of any existing litigation, either individually

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