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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

NOTE 12. Commitments and Contingencies

Blue Spike Litigation

On October 8, 2013, Blue Spike, LLC (“Blue Spike”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that certain of our products infringe claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,745,569. Blue Spike is seeking recovery of unspecified monetary damages. A Markman Hearing was held on February 10, 2016 and on May 16, 2016, the court ruled on each term of the claim construction in favor of the Company. On November 19, 2015, Blue Spike filed an additional patent infringement lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that certain of our products infringe claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,930,719. The Company was served with this lawsuit on February 12, 2016. On September 7, 2016 we entered into a Settlement and Patent License Agreement with Blue Spike and related parties whereby we denied any wrongdoing and received a fully paid up and perpetual license to the two subject patents in exchange for an immaterial one-time cash payment.  The Company also received from Blue Spike a perpetual covenant not to sue the Company, its suppliers, customers or end users for future infringement by any of its products on the subject patents.  Furthermore, the Company received a standstill agreement from Blue Spike stating that it would not file any future claims against the Company asserting alleged infringement of “any” patent owned or held by Blue Spike unless and until the Company’s annual U.S. sales of specified wireless products exceed a defined threshold. The lawsuits were dismissed with prejudice.

 The Company may become involved in certain other legal proceedings and claims which arise in the normal course of business. Other than as described above, as of the filing date of this report, the Company did not have any significant litigation outstanding.