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to protect our proprietary technology. We have filed numerous patent applications relating to a variety of business methods and technologies. We
do not know if our current patent applications or any future patent applications will result in a patent being issued for us at all, or issued to us
within the scope of the claims we seek. In addition, it is difficult to monitor unauthorized use of technology, particularly in foreign countries
where the laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States. We will continue to assess appropriate occasions for
seeking patent and other intellectual property protections for those aspects of our business and technology that we believe constitute innovations
providing competitive advantages. We generally enter into confidentiality or license agreements with our employees, consultants and corporate
partners, and generally control access to, and distribution of, our technologies, documentation and other proprietary information. We consider
our United Online, NetZero, Juno, Classmates, and MyPoints trademarks to be very valuable assets, and we have registered all of these
trademarks in the United States and certain of them in other countries.
International Operations
We have international operations in India and Germany. We have a significant number of employees located in our India office. Our
operations in India primarily handle email customer support, product development and quality assurance. Our operations in Germany provide
social networking services in Sweden, Germany, France, and Austria. The revenues generated by our international operations constitute an
immaterial portion of our total revenues and we do not generate revenues directly from our operations in India. International revenues totaled
$7.3 million, $2.6 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005. For information regarding risks associated
with our international operations, see "Item 1A.—Risk Factors."
Employees
At December 31, 2007, we had 928 employees, 671 of which were located in the United States, 233 of which were located in Hyderabad,
India and 24 of which were located in Europe. We had 488 employees in product development, including employees located in our Hyderabad
office, 163 employees in general and administrative functions, 227 employees in sales and marketing, and 50 employees in network operations.
None of these employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement, and we consider our relationships with our employees to be good.
Executive Officers
See Part III, Item 10 "Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant" of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information about
executive officers of the Registrant.
Available Information
Our corporate Web site is www.unitedonline.com . On this Web site, we make available, free of charge, our annual, quarterly and current
reports, changes in the stock ownership of our directors and executive officers, our code of ethics, and other documents filed with, or furnished
to, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after such documents are filed with, or furnished to, the
SEC.
The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-
0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding our
Company that we file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov .
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