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Legal Matters
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]  
Legal Matters
Legal Matters
On February 7, 2012, the Company filed suit against Pragmatus Telecom LLC in the District of Delaware, seeking a declaratory judgment that the Company’s products do not infringe three patents owned by Pragmatus which Pragmatus had previously asserted were infringed by certain of the Company’s customers. On March 13, 2012, the Company amended the complaint to add a request for a declaratory judgment that those three patents are invalid. On April 6, 2012, Pragmatus answered the Amended Complaint, and asserted counterclaims against the Company asserting infringement of the same three patents. In February 2014, the parties reached a mutual, confidential agreement resolving all claims and counterclaims against each party. The terms of the agreement did not have a material adverse impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Also in February 2014, the parties filed notices of dismissal with prejudice of all pending claims asserted in this litigation, which the court endorsed, thereby dismissing with prejudice all claims in this litigation.
On September 14, 2012, Community United IP, LLC filed a patent infringement case in the District of Delaware against the Company, along with co-defendants 1-800-Flowers.com, Discover Card Services, Inc., EarthLink, Inc., QVC, Inc., and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless based on the co-defendants’ alleged use of technology supplied by the Company, in the District of Delaware. On November16, 2012, Community United filed an amended complaint, which Defendants answered on December 28, 2012. On July 11, 2013, the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal of all claims with prejudice, which the Court endorsed on July 15, 2013, terminating the case.
The Company routinely assesses all of its litigation and threatened litigation as to the probability of ultimately incurring a liability, and records its best estimate of the ultimate loss in situations where the Company assesses the likelihood of loss as probable.
From time to time, the Company is involved in or subject to legal, administrative and regulatory proceedings, claims, demands and investigations arising in the ordinary course of business, including direct claims brought by or against the Company with respect to intellectual property, contracts, employment and other matters, as well as claims brought against the Company’s customers for whom the Company has a contractual indemnification obligation. The Company accrues for a liability when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Significant judgment is required in both the determination of probability and the determination as to whether a loss is reasonably estimable. In addition, in the event the Company determines that a loss is not probable, but is reasonably possible, and it becomes possible to develop what the Company believes to be a reasonable range of possible loss, then the Company will include disclosures related to such matter as appropriate and in compliance with ASC 450. The accruals or estimates, if any, resulting from the foregoing analysis, are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. To the extent there is a reasonable possibility that the losses could exceed the amounts already accrued, the Company will, as applicable, adjust the accrual in the period the determination is made, disclose an estimate of the additional loss or range of loss, indicate that the estimate is immaterial with respect to its financial statements as a whole or, if the amount of such adjustment cannot be reasonably estimated, disclose that an estimate cannot be made.