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Intellectual Property
We generally rely on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws and contract rights to establish and maintain our proprietary rights in our
technology and products. While our intellectual property rights are important to our success, we believe that our business as a whole is not materially
dependent on any particular patent, trademark, license or other intellectual property right.
We have been granted or own by assignment approximately 860 patents issued by, and have over 700 patent applications pending with, the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office, as well as a corresponding number of international patents and patent applications. While the duration of our patents varies, we believe
that the duration of our patents is adequate relative to the expected lives of our products.
We have used, registered or applied to register certain trademarks and copyrights in the United States and in other countries. We also license certain
technology from third parties for use in our products and processes and license certain of our technology to third parties.
Employees
As of December 31, 2003, we had approximately 20,000 employees worldwide. None of our domestic employees are represented by a labor union, and
we have never suffered an interruption of business as a result of a labor dispute. We consider our relations with our employees to be good.
Financial Information About Segments, Foreign and Domestic Operations and Export Sales
We operate in five business segments: information storage products, Documentum products and services, LEGATO products and services, information
storage services and other businesses. Sales and marketing operations outside the United States are conducted through sales subsidiaries and branches located
principally in Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. We have three primary manufacturing facilities: one in Massachusetts, which manufactures
Symmetrix and Celerra systems for the North American markets; one in Ireland, which manufactures Symmetrix, CLARiiON and Celerra systems for markets
outside of North America; and one in North Carolina, which manufactures CLARiiON systems for the North American markets and NetWin and Centera
systems for worldwide
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markets. See Note Q to our Consolidated Financial Statements for information about revenues by segment and geographic area.
Available Information
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections
13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are made available free of charge on or through our website at
www.emc.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
Copies of our (i) Corporate Governance Guidelines, (ii) charters for the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and
Nominating Committee and (iii) Business Conduct Guidelines (code of business conduct and ethics) are available at www.emc.com/about/governance. Copies
will also be provided to any stockholder upon written request to EMC Corporation, Investor Relations, 176 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748 or by
contacting EMC Investor Relations at 508-293-6313. None of the information posted on our website is incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
As of December 31, 2003, we owned or leased the facilities described below:
Location Approximate Sq. Ft.* Principal Use
Hopkinton, MA owned:
leased: 1,832,500
299,900 executive and administrative offices, research and development, customer service
and sales
Franklin, MA owned:
leased: 938,600
97,000 manufacturing
Milford, MA owned:
leased: 53,200
255,000 customer service and research and development
Southborough, MA owned: 551,800 research and development and customer service