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foregoing are being debated and considered for adoption in the U.S. and other countries, and such legislation could be passed in the future. For
additional information, see "Risk Factors," which appears in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Proprietary Rights
Our trade names, trademarks, service marks, patents, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets are important to the success of our
business. In particular, we view our primary trademarks as critical to our success. We principally rely upon patent, trademark, copyright, trade
secret, and contract laws to protect our proprietary rights. We also license some of our intellectual property rights, including the Mercury Man
logo, to third parties. We continuously assess whether to seek 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, FTD, Interflora, Classmates, NetZero, Juno, StayFriends and
MyPoints trademarks to be very valuable assets, and these trademarks have been registered in the U.S. or, in certain cases, in other countries.
International Operations
We have international operations in the U.K., India and Germany. Our operations in the U.K. provide floral and related products and
services to consumers and floral network members in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. Our operations in India primarily handle email
customer support, product development and quality assurance. Our operations in Germany provide online social networking services in Sweden,
Germany, France, Austria, and Switzerland. We do not generate revenues directly from our operations in India. Our U.S. revenues totaled
$818.9 million, $602.8 million and $506.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. International revenues
totaled $171.2 million, $66.6 million and $7.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Revenues from our
operations in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland totaled $141.2 million and $48.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. For information regarding risks associated with our international operations, see "Risk Factors," which appears in Item 1A of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K. For information regarding long-lived assets, see Note 2—"
Segment Information" of the Notes to the Consolidated
Financial Statements, which appears in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Employees
At December 31, 2009, we had 1,699 employees, 1,172 of which were located in the U.S., 263 of which were located in Europe, and 264 of
which were located in Hyderabad, India. 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, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance" 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 (including all amendments to such reports), changes in the stock ownership of our directors and executive officers, our code of ethics,
and other documents
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