Rosetta Stone 2011 Annual Report Download - page 18

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We have four U.S. patents and several international and U.S. patents pending. Many of these pending patents relate to our language teaching methods.
We hold a perpetual, irrevocable and worldwide license from the University of Colorado allowing us to use speech recognition technology for language-
learning solutions. We entered into the license agreement in December 2006, and paid the University of Colorado an up-front license fee.
We have registered a variety of trademarks, including Rosetta Stone, Rosetta World, Rosetta, Rosetta Course, Rosetta Studio, Rosetta Stone Language-
Learning Success & global design, Audio Companion, Dynamic Immersion, The Fastest Way to Learn a Language. Guaranteed., Adaptive Recall, Contextual
Formation, Simbio, the Rosetta Stone blue stone logo and design, the Rosetta Stone blue stone logo and design/Language-Learning Success,
Rosettastone.com, Rosetta Stone TOTALe, rWorld, SharedTalk and TOTALe. All these trademarks are the subject of either registrations or pending
applications in the United States, as well as numerous countries worldwide where we do business. We have applied to register our yellow color as a trademark
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. We intend to continue to strategically register, both domestically and internationally, trademarks we
utilize today and those we develop in the future.
We are registering or have registered in the United States all editions of our Version 3 languages. We have a registered copyright in the refreshed Rosetta
Stone blue stone logo and design in the United States. We intend to continue to strategically register copyrights in our various products.
We believe that the distinctive marks that we use in connection with our solutions are important in building our brand image and distinguishing our
solutions from those of our competitors. These marks are among our most valuable assets. In addition to our distinctive marks, we own several copyrights and
trade dress rights to our solutions, product packaging and user manuals. We also place significant value on our trade dress, which is the overall image and
appearance of our solutions, and we believe that our trade dress helps to distinguish our solutions in the marketplace.
Furthermore, our employees, contractors and other parties with access to our confidential information sign agreements that prohibit the unauthorized
disclosure of our proprietary rights, information and technology.
Employees
As of December 31, 2011, we had 1,888 total employees, consisting of 1,013 full-time and 875 part-time employees. Our personnel consisted of 334
employees in sales and marketing, 210 employees in research and development, 209 in general and administrative, 544 in coaching, customer and product
support, 40 in operations and logistics and 551 kiosk sales employees. None of our employees is represented by a collective bargaining agreement. We believe
our employee relations are good.
Financial Information by Segment and Geographic Area
For a discussion of financial information by segment and geographic area, see Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements contained in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
Available Information
This Annual Report on Form 10-K, along with our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports
filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), are available free of charge through our
website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
Our website address is www.rosettastone.com. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other
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