COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 11-COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Facility Leases

As of December 31, 2011, the Company was committed to minimum lease payments for facilities and other leased assets under long-term non-cancelable operating leases as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending December 31,	Amount
2012	$	1,680
2013		1,739
2014		1,717
2015		1,370
2016		1,310
2017 and thereafter		1,346
Future minimum rental payments	$	9,162

Gross rent expense was $1.9 million in 2011, $1.7 million in 2010 and $1.6 million in 2009.

Purchase Commitments

The Company maintains certain open inventory purchase commitments with its suppliers to ensure a smooth and continuous supply for key components. The Company's liability in these purchase commitments is generally restricted to a forecasted time-horizon as agreed between the parties. These forecasted time-horizons can vary among different suppliers. The Company's open inventory purchase commitments with its suppliers were not significant at December 31, 2011.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into agreements that contain a variety of representations, warranties, and indemnification obligations. For example, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. The Company's exposure under its various indemnification obligations is unknown and not reasonably estimable as they involve future claims that may be made against the Company. As such, the Company has not accrued any amounts for such obligations.

Litigation

A Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, class action lawsuit was filed against the Company in January 2008 and settled in 2009 on a class-wide basis. In 2009, the Company paid a total of $950,000 in exchange for a full release of all claims and recorded a charge of $850,000 in its 2009 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the cost of the settlement, net of the administrative expenses and contributions from its insurance carrier.

Other Legal Matters

In addition to the foregoing lawsuits, the Company is named from time to time as a party to product liability and contractual lawsuits in the normal course of its business. As of December 31, 2011, the Company was not a party to any pending litigation that the Company believes will have a material impact to its results of operations other than those described above in the “Litigation” section.