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‘é‘. SecurityScorecard
July 14, 2026
VIA EMAIL (Jason.Thompson@factorcyber.com)
& FED-EX (SIGNATURE REQUIRED)
Jason Thompson
c/o Factor Cybersecurity, Inc.
31736 Marsh Island Ave,
Lewes, DE 19958
Re: Return of Company Property and Confidential Information; Demand to Cease Use of
and Relinquish Rights in “FACTOR"” Mark
Dear Mr. Thompson:
I write on behalf of SecurityScorecard, Inc. (“SecurityScorecard” or “Company") in my capacity as
Associate
General Counsel.
As you know, you were engaged by SecurityScorecard as a contractor beginning in
May 2023, and
converted to a full-time employee as Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer in June 2023, until your
resignation in 2025. In connection with that engagement, you executed a Contractor
Agreement dated
May 17, 2023 (the "Contractor Agreement"), and, upon your conversion to full-time
employment, you
accepted an offer letter dated June 22, 2023 (the "Offer Letter"). The Offer Letter required,
as a condition
of your employment, that you sign the Company's then-standard Employee Proprietary Information
and
Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement (the "PIIA"), and separately confirmed that, during
your
employment "and thereafter, if your employment is discontinued for any reason whatsoever,
you agree
to keep strictly confidential all trade secrets and information that Company holds proprietary or
confidential."
Return of Company Property
Under Section 8 of the Contractor Agreement, you agreed that all Company property —
including
computers, computer files, equipment, documents, and any other materials furnished
to you by the
Company or produced in connection with your engagement — remains
the sole property of
SecurityScorecard and must be returned promptly upon termination of your relationship
with the
Company, for any reason. Our records reflect that you have not returned your
Company-issued laptop or
other Company property in your possession.
We demand that you return your Company-issued laptop, along with any other Company-own
ed
devices, equipment, documents, or materials — in whatever form, including electronic copies
— in your
possession, custody, or control, within ten (10) business days of the date of this letter.
Please confirm with
me via email no later than July 17, 2026 that you are coordinating such return.
Confidentiality
Please also be reminded that your confidentiality obligations to SecurityScorecard did not end
with your
employment. The PIIA and your Offer Letter confirm that you are required to keep confidential,
and to
refrain from using or disclosing, all of SecurityScorecard's trade secrets and proprietary and confidential
information, regardless of the reason your employment ended. This includes, without limitation,
confidential business, product, marketing, customer, and technical information you obtained or
had
SecurityScorecard, Inc. Lynn.Dukette@securityscorecard.io
1140 Avenue of Americas, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10036
info@securityscorecard.com
Main (800) 682-1707
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access to during your employment or engagement with SecurityScorecard. We expect
your continued
strict compliance with these obligations.
"FACTOR" Mark
We have also learned that on July 5, 2026, an application (Serial No. 99922407, IC 042) was filed with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office to register the standard-character mark FACTOR,
naming
Factor Cybersecurity, Inc. as owner. That application asserts a first use of the mark anywhere as
of July 14,
2025, and a first use in commerce as of July 17, 2025 — dates that fall at or immediately after the end of
your employment with SecurityScorecard.
It is our understanding that the FACTOR name was developed in connection with branding and Go-To-
Market work performed during your tenure as SecurityScorecard's Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer.
Under the PIIA, which you were required to sign as a condition of your employment, and Section 6 of
the
Contractor Agreement, which provides that all Work Product, including trademarks, developed in
connection with your engagement is owned by the Company, any rights in the FACTOR name
arising
from work performed during your employment or engagement belong to SecurityScorecard, and you
have no independent right to register or use that mark.
Separately, SecurityScorecard holds its own pending trademark applications for FACTOR
CYBERSECURITY and FACTOR SECURITY (Serial Nos. 99/294,626 and 99/279,649), both filed in July
2025
— before Factor Cybersecurity, Inc.'s public launch in August 2025.
Accordingly, we demand that you: (i) immediately cease and desist all use of the FACTOR name
and mark,
inany form, in connection with Factor Cybersecurity, Inc. or any other business; (ii) at SecurityScorecard's
election, either withdraw and abandon Application Serial No. 99922407, or execute an assignment
of the
application, in a form acceptable to SecurityScorecard, transferring all right, title,
and interest in and to
the application and the underlying mark to SecurityScorecard; and (iii) confirm in writing,
within ten (10)
business days of the date of this letter, that you have done so.
This letter is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, a complete statement
of the facts or of
SecurityScorecard's legal rights and remedies, all of which are expressly reserved.
We would prefer to resolve these matters amicably and trust you will give this letter
your prompt
attention.
Sincerely,
SecurityScorecard, Inc.