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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | NOTE G – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
[1] |  | Legal Fees
Russ, August & Kabat provides legal services to the Company with respect to its patent litigation filed in May 2017 against Facebook, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to several patents within the Company’s Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio (see Note I[4] hereof). The terms of the Company’s agreement with Russ, August & Kabat provide for cash payments on a monthly basis subject to a cap plus a contingency fee ranging between 15% and 24% of the net recovery (after deduction of expenses) depending on the stage of the proceeding in which the result (settlement or judgment) is achieved. The Company is responsible for all expenses incurred with respect to this litigation. Russ, August & Kabat also provides legal services to the Company with respect to its pending patent litigations filed in April 2014 and December 2014 against Google Inc. and YouTube, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to certain patents within the Company’s Cox Patent Portfolio (see Note I[3] hereof). The terms of the Company’s agreement with Russ, August & Kabat provide for legal fees on a full contingency basis ranging from 15% to 30% of the net recovery (after deduction of expenses) depending on the stage of the proceeding in which the result (settlement or judgment) is achieved. The Company is responsible for all of the expenses incurred with respect to this litigation.
[2] |  | Patent Acquisitions
On March 25, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of a new patent portfolio (HFT Patent Portfolio) consisting of six U.S. patents and two pending U.S. patents covering certain advanced technologies relating to high frequency trading, which inventions specifically address technological problems associated with speed and latency and provide critical latency gains in trading systems where the difference between success and failure may be measured in nanoseconds. The Company paid the seller $500,000 at the closing and has an obligation to pay the seller an additional $500,000 in cash and $375,000 of the Company’s common stock (up to a maximum of 375,000 shares) upon achieving certain milestones with respect to the patent portfolio. The Company also has an additional obligation to pay the seller 15% of the first $50 million of net proceeds (after deduction of expenses) generated by the patent portfolio and 17.5% of net proceeds greater than $50 million. On May 10, 2022, the Company received an additional patent issuance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to the HFT Patent Portfolio. In connection with the Company’s acquisition of its Cox Patent Portfolio, the Company is obligated to pay Dr. Cox 12.5% of the net proceeds (after deduction of expenses) generated by the Company from licensing, sale or enforcement of the patent portfolio. As part of the acquisition of the Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio, the Company also entered into an agreement with Recognition Interface, LLC (“Recognition”) pursuant to which Recognition received from the Company an interest in the net proceeds realized from the monetization of the Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio, as follows: Obligated to pay recognition, net proceeds (i) 10% of the first $125 million of net proceeds; (ii) 15% of the next $125 million of net proceeds; and (iii) 20% of any portion of the net proceeds in excess of $250 million. Since entering into the agreement with Recognition in May 2013, the Company has paid Recognition an aggregate of $3,127,000 with respect to such net proceeds interest related to the Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio. No such payments were made by the Company to Recognition during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. In connection with the Company’s acquisition of its M2M/IoT Patent Portfolio, the Company is obligated to pay M2M 14% of the first $100 million of net proceeds (after deduction of expenses) and 5% of net proceeds greater than $100 million from Monetization Activities (as defined) related to the patent portfolio. In addition, M2M will be entitled to receive from the Company $250,000 of additional consideration upon the occurrence of certain future events related to the patent portfolio.
[3] |  | Leases
The Company has one operating lease for its principal office space in New Canaan, Connecticut that will expire on April 30, 2025. There are no material residual guarantees associated with any of the Company’s leases and there are no significant restrictions or covenants included in the Company’s lease agreements. The calculated incremental borrowing rate was approximately 4.2%, which was calculated based on remaining lease term of 3 years as of May 1, 2022. The remaining lease term as of September 30, 2022 was approximately 2.6 years. There was no sublease rental income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and the Company is not the lessor in any lease arrangement, and there were no related-party lease agreements. Right of use lease assets and related lease obligations for the Company’s operating leases were recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as follows:
Schedule of operating leases obligations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | As of |  |  | As of |
|  | September 30, 2022 |  |  | December 31, 2021 |
Operating lease right-of-use assets |  | $ | 177,000 |  |  | $ | — |
Operating lease obligations – current |  |  | 72,000 |  |  |  | — |
Operating lease obligations – non-current |  |  | 111,000 |  |  |  | — |
Total lease obligations |  | $ | 183,000 |  |  | $ | — |
The table below presents certain information related to the Company’s lease costs for the period ended:
Schedule of leases cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | For the Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Operating lease cost |  | $ | 18,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 30,000 |  |  | $ | — |
Short-term lease cost |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 30,000 |  |  |  | 46,000 |  |  |  | 86,000 |
Total lease cost |  | $ | 28,000 |  |  | $ | 30,000 |  |  | $ | 76,000 |  |  | $ | 86,000 |
Future lease payments included in the measurement of lease liabilities on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022, were as follows:
Schedule of future minimum leases payments |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | Operating Leases |
2022 – remaining period |  |  | $ | 24,000 |
2023 |  |  |  | 73,000 |
2024 |  |  |  | 73,000 |
2025 |  |  |  | 24,000 |
Total future minimum lease payments |  |  |  | 194,000 |
Less imputed interest |  |  |  | (11,000 | )
Total operating lease liability |  |  | $ | 183,000 |

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