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15. LITIGATION SETTLEMENT | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Litigation Settlement |
NOTE 15. LITIGATION SETTLEMENT | In July 2017, we settled our litigation with Astro Pak Corporation (“Astro Pak”) relating to our patents and intellectual property rights. Astro Pak has agreed that we are the sole owner of ionized hydrogen peroxide decontamination and sterilization technology, patents, and products, which we market under the brands Binary Ionization Technology® (BIT™) and SteraMist™. We sued Astro Pak and its wholly owned subsidiary SixLog Corporation (“SixLog”) in California federal court for infringing our United States Patent Nos. 6,969,487 and 7,008,592 and violating our intellectual property rights by, among other things, indicating that our technology and patents were proprietary to SixLog and marketing our patented equipment with SixLog labels. Astro Pak and SixLog agreed to cease this conduct and pay us a cash settlement. Astro Pak also agreed to assign its iHP mark to us, complementing our existing trademark and trade name protection. Finally, Astro Pak and SixLog agreed to remove from the web or take steps to remove any assertions or suggestions that they own or developed ionized hydrogen peroxide technology or patents, or that they provide any ionized hydrogen peroxide products or services.

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