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Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 15
- Commitments and Contingencies
 
Legal Proceedings
 
Effective as of January 29, 2015, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement with Taiwan Glass International Corporation ("Taiwan Glass") and Capital One, National Association ("Capital One") regarding the previously disclosed action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid Taiwan Glass the sum of $4,925,000, (inclusive of interest) and all claims and counterclaims asserted in the Action were settled and dismissed with prejudice.
 
On September 4, 2015, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release with Development Specialists, Inc., solely in its capacity as Assignee for the benefit of creditors of CM Manufacturing, Inc. f/k/a/ Stion Corporation ("DSI") regarding both the Arbitration proceeding which had been previously filed against it by DSI and the companion Delaware Court of Chancery Court action which had been filed by CVD.  Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, CVD paid the sum of $995,000 to DSI, and each party released all claims of any nature which it had against the other. The parties also executed and filed stipulations of dismissal with prejudice, of both the Arbitration and the Chancery Action.