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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
Intangible assets
14. Intangible assets

 

   Year ended December 31, 2024 
   Computer software   Intellectual property rights
(Note 1)
   Total 
January 1            
Cost  $555,562   $6,000,000   $6,555,562 
Accumulated amortization   (136,050)   (550,000)   (686,050)
   $419,512   $5,450,000   $5,869,512 
                
At January 1  $419,512   $5,450,000   $5,869,512 
Additions   42,838    
-
    42,838 
Adjustment (Note 1)   
-
    (2,150,000)   (2,150,000)
Amortization expenses   (285,701)   (535,500)   (821,201)
Net exchange differences   (9,488)   
-
    (9,488)
At December 31  $167,161   $2,764,500   $2,931,661 
                
December 31               
Cost  $582,461   $3,850,000   $4,432,461 
Accumulated amortization   (415,300)   (1,085,500)   (1,500,800)
   $167,161   $2,764,500   $2,931,661 
   Year ended December 31, 2023 
   Computer software   Intellectual property rights
(Note 1)
   Total 
January 1            
Cost  $2,403,406   $
-
   $2,403,406 
Accumulated amortization   (2,347,064)   
-
    (2,347,064)
   $56,342   $
-
   $56,342 
                
At January 1  $56,342   $
-
   $56,342 
Additionsacquired separately   538,446    6,000,000    6,538,446 
Amortization expenses   (176,031)   (550,000)   (726,031)
Net exchange differences   755    
-
    755 
At December 31  $419,512   $5,450,000   $5,869,512 
                
December 31               
Cost  $555,562   $6,000,000   $6,555,562 
Accumulated amortization   (136,050)   (550,000)   (686,050)
   $419,512   $5,450,000   $5,869,512 

 

Note 1: On January 10, 2023 (the “Agreement Date”), the Group entered into an intellectual property purchase agreement effective on January 16, 2023 (the “Effective Time”) with SeeQuestor Limited (“SeeQuestor”), a company providing video analytics technology incorporated and registered in England and Wales.

 

The Group acquired all and/or any intellectual property rights, including but not limited to patents and trademarks, owned, used or held for use by and/or on behalf of SeeQuestor, including without limitations, such rights as relate to SeeQuestor’s products. The purchase price for the intellectual property rights consists of fixed consideration amounting to $6,000,000 and contingent payment through issuance of the Company’s shares of an amount equal to $3,000,000 which is conditional to certain financial performance through intellectual property rights from Agreement Date up to and including December 31, 2023. The contingent payment, if any, would have been made through the issuance of the Company’s shares as share-based payment. As the contingency was not met, no share-based payment was made.

 

The Group has made payments of $600,000 and $2,400,000 on Agreement Date and Effective Time, respectively, and payment of a further $3,000,000 had not been paid as of December 31, 2023. In October 2024, the Group entered into a settlement agreement with SeeQuestor, which reduced the outstanding obligation to $850,000. Consequently, the Group reversed payable for $2,150,000 with an offset to the cost of the intangible asset. Payment of $850,000 was made in October 2024.

 

Details of amortization on intangible assets are as follows:

 

   Year ended
December 31,
2024
   Year ended
December 31,
2023
   Year ended
December 31,
2022
 
Selling and marketing expenses  $356   $5,131   $425,720 
General and administrative expenses   264,111    152,925    22,914 
Research and development expenses   556,734    567,975    1,238,984 
   $821,201   $726,031   $1,687,618