14.	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 lawsuits pending as of the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. Legal developments subsequent to the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K are set forth below.

As further described in the Company's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company is currently appealing the verdict in the SynQor case. By the end of 2011, the Company had ceased the manufacturing of products that were subject to SynQor's claim and there were no sales of such products during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") heard oral argument in the SynQor case on October 2, 2012. The parties expect a ruling by the CAFC by the end of the year.

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, through its subsidiary Cinch Connectors Inc. is a defendant in an asbestos lawsuit captioned Richard G. Becker vs. Adience Inc., et al. The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne in the State of Michigan. The complaint was amended to include Cinch Connectors Inc. and other defendants on August 13, 2012. The Company filed its answer to the complaint on October 19, 2012.