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Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies | Commitments and Contingencies The Company is subject to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, taxes, insurance, regulatory and other matters arising out of the normal course of business. Actions filed against the Company from time to time include commercial, tort, intellectual property, customer, employment, data privacy, securities and other claims, including purported class action lawsuits. Management believes that the ultimate liability arising from such claims and contingencies, if any, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. In July 2009, a complaint was filed against the Company for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The complaint sought monetary damages, costs, attorneys' fees, and injunctive relief. In November 2011, a jury found in favor of the plaintiff and awarded damages of $9 million for infringement from 2007 through 2011 and the trial court awarded future royalty payments through 2015. In January 2013, the Company appealed the judgment against the Company with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Shortly before the Company's appeal was filed, the Federal Court of Appeals ruled in another proceeding involving a different company, that the patents asserted in the Company's case were invalid. As a result, the Company's appeal has been stayed until the conclusion of the other proceeding. On January 14, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the plaintiff's petition to overturn the Federal Circuit's finding that their patents are invalid. In the Company's matter, although their patents were found to be invalid, the plaintiff has decided to move forward with the appeal process. Based on the decision that the plaintiff's patents are invalid and on the Company's other arguments, the Company believes the Federal Court of Appeals should grant the Company's appeal. The Company intends to vigorously defend against this action. Guarantees In connection with the disposition of certain businesses, the Company has remaining guarantees of approximately $43 million related to lease payments of Express, Limited Stores, Abercrombie & Fitch, Dick’s Sporting Goods and New York & Company under the current terms of noncancelable leases expiring at various dates through 2018. These guarantees include minimum rent and additional payments covering taxes, common area costs and certain other expenses and relate to leases that commenced prior to the disposition of the businesses. In certain instances, the Company’s guarantee may remain in effect if the term of a lease is extended. The Company’s guarantees related to Express, Limited Stores and New York & Company require fair value accounting in accordance with GAAP in effect at the time of these divestitures. The guaranteed lease payments related to Express, Limited Stores and New York & Company totaled $22 million as of February 1, 2014 and $36 million as of February 2, 2013. The estimated fair value of these guarantee obligations was $1 million as of February 1, 2014 and $2 million as of February 2, 2013, and is included in Other Long-term Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s guarantees related to Abercrombie & Fitch and Dick’s Sporting Goods are not subject to fair value accounting, but require that a loss be accrued when probable and reasonably estimable based on GAAP in effect at the time of these divestitures. The Company had no liability recorded with respect to any of the guarantee obligations as it concluded that payments under these guarantees were not probable as of February 1, 2014 and February 2, 2013.

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