secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DarkPulse, Inc. (DPLS)
CIK:        0000866439
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-25-009248
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

DarkPulse enters patent license with UMBRA for secure networking integrated with fiber-optic sensing
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- Nonexclusive, royalty-bearing license to UMBRA's U.S. patent portfolio for critical infrastructure monitoring with DarkPulse's BOTDA sensors.
- Key UMBRA patents cover multi-perimeter firewall, Slingshot routing, AI obfuscation (10,630,505; 10,922,286; GVN family).
- Option for exclusivity carve-outs on UMBRA IP through additional royalty payments for future deployment verticals.
- Integration aims to provide real-time encrypted sensor data transmission from pipelines, borders, bridges via UMBRA's GVN platform.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316825009248/0001683168-25-009248-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866439/000168316825009248/darkpulse_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-009248

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