The Company has entered into various inventory-related purchase agreements with suppliers. Generally, under these agreements, 50% of orders are cancelable by giving notice 46 to 60 days prior to the expected shipment date and 25% of orders are cancelable by giving notice 31 to 45 days prior to the expected shipment date. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $57.4 million, as compared to $42.6 million as of December 31, 2023, in short-term non-cancelable purchase commitments with suppliers or where the suppliers had procured unique materials and components upon receipts of the Company’s purchase orders. Due to an elongation of the time from order placement to production that occurred several years ago, the Company issued purchase orders to supply chain partners beyond contractual termination periods. As of December 31, 2024, $213.7 million of purchase orders beyond contractual termination periods remained outstanding. Consequently, the Company may incur expenses for materials and components, such as chipsets purchased by the supplier to fulfill the purchase order if the purchase order is cancelled. Expenses incurred in respect of cancelled purchase orders have historically not been significant relative to the original order value. For those orders not governed by master purchase agreements, the commitments are governed by the commercial terms on the Company’s purchase orders subject to acknowledgment from its suppliers. The Company establishes a loss liability for all products it does not expect to sell or orders it anticipates canceling for which it has committed purchases from suppliers. Such loss liability is included in Other accrued liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Losses incurred in relation to purchase commitments, including unique materials and components, amounted to $4.6 million, $3.5 million and $5.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s non-cancellable purchase commitments pertaining to non-trade activities were as follows (in thousands):


2025	$	1,914
2026		2,010
2027		2,111
2028		2,216
2029		3,031
Total	$	11,282

Changes in the Company’s warranty obligations, which is included in Other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2024			2023			2022
Balance as of beginning of the period	$	5,738		$	6,320		$	6,861
Provision for warranty liability made		3,925			5,105			5,230
Settlements made		(4,471	)		(5,687	)		(5,771	)
Balance as of the end of the period	$	5,192		$	5,738		$	6,320

The Company, as permitted under Delaware law and in accordance with its Bylaws, indemnifies its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while the officer or director is or was serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for the officer’s or director’s lifetime. The maximum amount of potential future indemnification is unlimited; however, the Company has a Director and Officer Insurance Policy that enables it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. As a result of its insurance policy coverage, the Company believes the fair value of each indemnification agreement is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2024.

In its sales agreements, the Company typically agrees to indemnify its direct customers, distributors and resellers (the “Indemnified Parties”) for any expenses or liability resulting from claimed infringements by the Company’s products of patents, trademarks or copyrights of third parties that are asserted against the Indemnified Parties, subject to customary carve outs. The terms of these indemnification agreements are generally perpetual after execution of the agreement. The maximum amount of potential future indemnification is generally unlimited. From time to time, the Company receives requests for indemnity and may choose to assume the defense of such litigation asserted against the Indemnified Parties. The Company believes the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of December 31, 2024.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company entered into an office lease that has not yet commenced with short-term and long-term future lease payments of $0.8 million and $42.1 million, respectively, that are not yet recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. This lease will commence in 2025 with a non-cancelable lease term of 11 years.

The Company is involved in disputes, litigation, and other legal actions, including, but not limited to, the matters described below. In all cases, at each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under the provisions of the authoritative guidance that addresses accounting for contingencies. In such cases, the Company accrues for the amount, or if a range, the Company accrues the low end of the range, only if there is not a better estimate than any other amount within the range, as a component of legal expense within litigation reserves, net. The Company monitors developments in these legal matters that could affect the estimate the Company had previously accrued. In relation to such matters, the Company currently believes that there are no existing claims or proceedings that are likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial position within the next twelve months, or the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable. There are many uncertainties associated with any litigation, and these actions or other third-party claims against the Company may cause the Company to incur costly litigation and/or substantial settlement charges. In addition, the resolution of any intellectual property litigation may require the Company to make royalty payments, which could have an adverse effect in future periods. If any of those events were to occur, the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows could be adversely affected. The actual liability in any such matters may be materially different from the Company’s estimates, which could result in the need to adjust the liability and record additional expenses.

Huawei v. NETGEAR Inc., NETGEAR Deutschland GmbH, and Exertis-Connect GmbH (at the Dusseldorf District Court, Germany)

On or around March of 2022, Huawei filed two patent infringement lawsuits at the District Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, against NETGEAR Inc., NETGEAR Deutschland GmbH, and Exertis-Connect GmbH, a third-party webstore selling NETGEAR products in Germany. Huawei asserted one EU patent in each suit, EP 3 337 077 B1 (“EP 077”) in case no. 08/22 and EP 3 143 741 B1 (EP 741) in case no. 09/22. In its complaints, Huawei alleged that the Company’s WiFi 6 products infringed the two patents, which Huawei further claimed are standard-essential patents. On or around February 9, 2023, the Federal Patent Court issued preliminary opinions finding both asserted patents invalid. The Company attended an oral hearing for both infringement cases on March 21, 2023 before the Dusseldorf District Court and the Court dismissed case no. 09/22 for the EP 741 and stayed case no. 08/22 for EP 077. On or around May 10, 2022, the Company was served with two suits that Huawei filed before the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court of China asserting Patent Nos. ZL 201811536087.9 (case no. 407) and ZL 201810757332.2 (case no. 408) against the Company’s WiFi 6 products. On or around June 12, 2024, the Jinan Court found that the Company Wi-Fi 6 products infringe Huawei’s two asserted Chinese patents. The Company appealed both cases to the Chinese Supreme Court on June 21, 2024.

On December 31, 2024, the Company entered into a license agreement with Sisvel International S.A., which includes a license to Huawei’s Wi-Fi 6 patent portfolio, resolving all outstanding related litigation between the Company and Huawei. All pending cases worldwide between Huawei and the Company have been dismissed.

Huawei v. NETGEAR Inc., NETGEAR Deutschland GmbH, and NETGEAR International Limited (at the Unified Patent Court - UPC)

On or around July 3, 2023, Huawei filed an infringement suit, asserting patent EP 3 611 989 (the ’989 Patent), against NETGEAR Inc., NETGEAR Deutschland GmbH, and NETGEAR International Limited at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Munich, Germany. On or around December 11, 2023, Huawei filed a second UPC suit, asserting EP 3 678 321 (EP 321), against the Company. The Company submitted its Statement of Defense on April 18, 2024.

Huawei v. NETGEAR Inc., NETGEAR Deutschland GmbH, and NETGEAR International Limited (at the Munich District Court, Germany)

On May 17, 2024, Huawei filed a Complaint asserting EP 3 334 112 (EP 112) against the Company’s WiFi-6 products at the Munich District Court. The entities named in the suit are NETGEAR Inc, NETGEAR International, and NETGEAR Germany. The Parties attended an oral hearing on December 19, 2024. On July 10, 2024, Huawei filed a Complaint asserting EP 3 937 445 (EP 445) against the Company’s WiFi-6 products at the Munich District Court. The Company filed a Statement of Defense for NETGEAR Germany on July 10, 2024.

The Company, at this time, is not able to reasonably estimate any financial impact to the Company resulting from any ongoing litigation matters.

The Company does not believe that it is reasonably possible that a material loss has been incurred for any of the matters disclosed above, and consequently has not established any material loss provisions.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with TP-Link, resulting in the dismissal of all pending litigation between the parties. As part of the settlement, the Company received a payment from TP-Link, leading to a $92.7 million contra-expense in litigation reserves and a $10.9 million reduction in general and administrative expenses to offset related legal fees incurred to date. The Company included the amounts in the consolidated statements of operations.