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Note 3 - Supplier Concentration
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]
3.
Supplier Concentration
 
The suppliers comprising 10 percent or more of our gross accounts receivable due from suppliers at either January 31, 2016 or 2015 are listed below (in thousands, except percentages).
 
 
 
Years Ended January 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Total gross accounts receivable due from
suppliers
  $ 122       100 %   $ 122       100 %
Supplier concentration:
                               
Zheng Ge Electrical Co., Ltd.
  $ 122       100 %   $ 122       100 %
    $ 122       100 %   $ 122       100 %
      
Zheng Ge Electrical Co., Ltd. (“Zheng Ge”) was a tip supplier for the Bronx product, which was subject to a recall. We previously sourced some of the component parts that Zheng Ge used in the manufacture of the tips. We ceased paying Zheng Ge during the course of the product recall while we investigated the manufacturing defect which ultimately caused the recall and, likewise, Zheng Ge ceased paying us.
 
The suppliers and other vendors comprising 10 percent or more of our gross accounts payable at either January 31, 2016 or 2015 are listed below (in thousands, except percentages).
 
 
 
Years Ended January 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
                                 
Total gross accounts payable
  $ 883       100 %   $ 737       100 %
Supplier concentration:
                               
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
    432       49 %     432       59 %
    $ 432       49 %   $ 432       59 %
 
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (“Pillsbury”) was our former legal counsel for the Kensington litigation as well as other patent and intellectual property matters (see Note 10 and 11). On May 28, 2014, we entered into an agreement with Pillsbury in which we paid Pillsbury a lump sum of $1.5 million and the remaining balance of $0.4 million (“the Balance”) was modified and is to be paid, if at all, i
n the event Comarco obtains any monetary recovery, whether through settlement, judgment or otherwise, from or as a result of the Targus Lawsuit and/or any of the additional lawsuits. The amount payable shall be equal to the Balance plus 20% per annum, compounded annually from the Effective Date of May 28, 2014. In connection with this partial repayment, no gain was recognized.