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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
(8) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

On June 16, 2011 the Company entered into a Nonexclusive Patent License and settlement agreement relating to an action brought by Asentinel LLC, against Veramark, AnchorPoint - a division of MTS, and CASS Information Systems, alleging infringement of two patents held by Asentinel concerning systems and methods for identifying and processing billing exceptions in telecommunications invoices.

Material terms of the agreement included:

 

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Asentinel waived all claims for damages for prior infringement and agreed not to make claims for future infringement of its patents.

 

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The Company agreed to pay Asentinel $500,000. Of that amount $250,000 was paid upon execution of the agreement, and $250,000 is payable without interest, on June 16, 2012, and is represented by the Company’s promissory note.

 

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The lawsuit was dismissed against the Company.