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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Leases
See Note 9- Leases for future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of March 31, 2021.
Purchase Obligations
The Company subcontracts with third parties to manufacture its products and has purchase commitments with key component suppliers. During the normal course of business, the Company’s contract manufacturers procure components and manufacture products based upon orders placed by the Company. If the Company cancels all or part of the orders, the Company may still be liable to the contract manufacturers for the cost of the components purchased by the subcontractors to manufacture the Company's products. The Company periodically reviews the potential liability, and as of March 31, 2021, the Company recorded a purchase obligation liability of $8.3 million related to component purchase commitments. There have been no other significant liabilities for cancellations recorded as of March 31, 2021. The Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations could be negatively impacted if it were required to compensate the contract manufacturers for any unrecorded liabilities incurred. The Company may be subject to additional purchase obligations for supply agreements and components ordered by its contract manufacturers based on manufacturing forecasts it provides them each month. The Company estimates the amount of these additional purchase obligations to range from $150.3 million to $756.5 million as of March 31, 2021, depending upon the timing of orders placed for these components by its contract manufacturers.
Other Obligations
As of March 31, 2021, the Company has other obligations of $52.9 million which consisted primarily of commitments related to raw materials and research and development projects.
Indemnification Obligations
The Company enters into standard indemnification agreements with many of its business partners in the ordinary course of business. These agreements include provisions for indemnifying the business partner against any claim brought by a third-party to the extent any such claim alleges that a Company product infringes a patent, copyright or trademark, or violates any other proprietary rights of that third-party. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is not estimable and the Company has not incurred any material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements to date.
Legal Matters
The Company may be involved, from time to time, in a variety of claims, lawsuits, investigations, and proceedings relating to contractual disputes, intellectual property rights, employment matters, regulatory compliance matters and other litigation matters relating to various claims that arise in the normal course of business. The Company determines whether an estimated loss from a contingency should be accrued by assessing whether a loss is deemed probable and can be reasonably estimated. The Company assesses its potential liability by analyzing specific litigation and regulatory matters using available information. The Company develops its views on estimated losses in consultation with inside and outside counsel, which involves a subjective analysis of potential results and outcomes, assuming various combinations of appropriate litigation and settlement strategies. Taking all of the above factors into account, the Company records an amount where it is probable that the Company will incur a loss and where that loss can be reasonably estimated. However, the Company’s estimates may be incorrect and the Company could ultimately incur more or less than the amounts initially recorded. The Company may also incur significant legal fees, which are expensed as incurred, in defending against these claims. The Company is not currently aware of any pending or threatened litigation that would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Vivato/XR
On April 19, 2017, XR Communications, LLC, d/b/a Vivato Technologies (“Vivato”), filed a complaint against the Company in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that at least one of the Company’s products infringes United States Patent Numbers 7,062,296 (the “‘296 Patent”), 7,729,728 (the “‘728 Patent”), and 6,611,231 (the “‘231 Patent” and, collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”). The ‘296 and ‘728 Patents are entitled “Forced Beam Switching in Wireless Communication Systems Having Smart Antennas.” The ‘231 Patent is entitled “Wireless Packet Switched Communications Systems and Networks Using Adaptively Steered Antenna Arrays.” Vivato amended its complaint on June 23, 2017 and again on July 6, 2017. According to the complaint, the products accused of infringing the Patents-in-Suit include Wi-Fi access points and routers supporting MU-MIMO, including without limitation access points and routers utilizing the IEEE 802.11ac-2013 standard. Vivato has also filed nine other lawsuits asserting the same patents against other defendants in the Central District of California. On October 2, 2017, the ten cases were consolidated into a single action for all purposes except trial. On March 19, 2018, the Company and the remaining defendants in the consolidated action moved to stay the case (the “Motion to Stay”) pending completion of certain inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. On April 9, 2018, the Court held a hearing on the Motion to Stay, and, on April 11, 2018, the Court granted the motion. On February 11, 2019, the Court maintained the stay pending a status conference scheduled for
December 2, 2019. The Court maintained the stay in full pending a further status conference, which was originally scheduled for March 17, 2020 and subsequently rescheduled for February 22, 2021 and was postponed pending submission and approval of a scheduling order as described below.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in the aforementioned series of inter partes review proceedings, invalidated two of the three patents-in-suit, but it rejected the challenge to the ‘231 Patent. That decision was appealed, and on November 25, 2020, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision.
On February 16, 2021, the parties submitted a joint status report to the Court seeking to lift the stay. On February 17, 2021, the Court ordered the parties to submit a further report by March 1, 2021, at which time the stay would be lifted. The parties submitted their joint report and proposals for a case schedule, and the Court has not yet issued a schedule in this matter.
The Company plans to vigorously defend itself against these claims; however, there can be no assurance that the Company will prevail in the lawsuit. The Company cannot currently estimate the possible loss or range of losses, if any, that it may experience in connection with this litigation.
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