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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND DISPUTES (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |  | 1 Months Ended
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May 09, 2017 | Jul. 26, 2021 | Mar. 30, 2021
Facebook [Member] |  |  |
Litigation pending, description | Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, initiated litigation against Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,006,227, U.S. Patent No. 7,865,538 and U.S. Patent No. 8,255,439 (among the patents within the Company’s Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio). The lawsuit alleged that the asserted patents are infringed by Facebook’s core technologies that enable Facebook’s Newsfeed and Timeline features. |  |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company [Member] |  |  |
Settlement of litigation |  | $ 17,000,000 |
License Agreement [Member] |  |  |
Amount of payment by Cisco to resolve contractual dispute |  |  | $ 18,692,000

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