We have a number of trademarks registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including EquaPressure®, WonderGel® and EquaGel® (for cushions), and Purple®, No Pressure® and Hyper-Elastic Polymer® (for plasticized elastomeric gel and certain types of products). Applications are pending for registration of some of the trademarks for additional classes of goods. Our Purple, No Pressure and Hyper-Elastic Polymer trademarks are also registered and have applications pending for various classes of goods in numerous foreign jurisdictions, some of which include Canada, China, Europe, Japan and Korea. Certain international trademark applications reside with EdiZONE, LLC, which is an entity owned by our founders, and are licensed to Purple LLC while the trademark registration applications remain pending. When registered, those trademarks will be assigned to us.
We also have a number of common law trademarks, including Purple Powerbase™, Purple Powerbase Premier™, Purple Powerbase Plus™, Purple Glove™, Eidertech™, Purple Grid™, Mattress Max™, WonderGel Original™, WonderGel Extreme™, DoubleGel™, DoubleGel Plus™, DoubleGel Ultra™, Roll n’ Go™, Fold N’ Go™, Purple Bed™, Purple Top™, Purple Pillow™, Portable Purple™, Everywhere Purple™, Simply Purple™, Lite Purple™, Royal Purple™, Double Purple™, Deep Purple™, Ultimate Purple™, Purple Back™, EquaGel Straight Comfort™, EquaGel General™, EquaGel Protector™, and EquaGel Adjustable™.
In addition, we maintain copyrights to past and present versions of purple.com, onpurple.com, equapressure.com, wondergel.com, marketing content, blogs, logos, graphics, videos and other marketing and promotional materials promoting our products.
We protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, including through litigation as necessary.
Our History
Tony and Terry Pearce have over a thirty year history of developing innovative comfort technologies, machines and products. In 1989, the Pearce brothers created a partnership to develop high-tech carbon fiber sporting goods and wheelchairs. In the course of developing and testing wheelchair products, it was clear to the founding team that the core issue of wheelchair comfort could only be solved if the extreme case of compression sores was solved. This led them on a scientific journey to discover the root causes of pressure sores and how to mitigate this condition.
In 2010, Tony and Terry launched what has become our current vertically integrated company. The first products sold were seat cushions. In 2013 we attempted to develop aking-size mattress using our improved Hyper-Elastic Polymer® material. The principal setback in developingking-size mattresses was that the entire surface of the mattress could not be covered using a single piece of Hyper-Elastic Polymer® material. There were no injection molding machines on the market that worked at this size. Over the years and with substantial investment the team overcame this obstacle by creating the proprietary Mattress Max™ machine. We began selling our Purple brand of mattresses with a small test in late 2015 and at scale beginning in January 2016. Purple Innovation, LLC, based in Alpine, Utah, was organized as a Delaware limited liability company on May 26, 2010 under the name WonderGel, LLC. We changed our name to Purple Innovation, LLC on January 27, 2017.
On February 2, 2018, we consummated the Business Combination, pursuant to which we acquired a portion of the equity of Purple LLC. The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization because the former owners of Purple LLC have control over the combined company through their 82% ownership of the common stock of the Company. Although the Company was the legal acquirer, the historical operations of Purple LLC are deemed to be those of the Company.
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