LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS [Abstract]

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

11.           LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company is, from time to time, a party to litigation arising in the normal course of its business, including various claims of patent infringement.  See the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 for the details of all of Bel's material pending lawsuits.  Legal developments subsequent to the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K are below.

The Company is a plaintiff in a lawsuit captioned Bel Fuse Inc. et al. v. Molex Inc. brought in the United District Court of New Jersey in April 2012.  The Company claims that Molex infringed three of the Company's patents related to integrated magnetic connector products.  The Company has made a demand for a jury trial.