COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Equity Line of Credit The Company entered into a five-year Equity Line of Credit pursuant to an Equity Purchase Agreement with Brown Stone Capital, LP, dated September 30, 2020. Pursuant to the agreement, Brown Stone agreed to invest up to $14,000,000 to purchase the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The purchase price of the common shares is the lesser of the Fixed price or Market price. The Fixed price is $0.50 per share in years 1 and 2, after the effectiveness of a registration statement, and $1.00 per share in years 3, 4 and 5 after the effectiveness of this registration statement. The Market price is 70% of the three lowest Variable Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) for the Company’s common stock during the 10-trading day period immediately prior to the conversion date. In addition, the Company and Brown Stone entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, whereby the Company agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and applicable state securities laws, with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable for Brown Stone’s investment pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement. As of March 31, 2022, no shares have been sold pursuant to this agreement. On April 26, 2022, the Registrant and Ares amended the Registration Rights Agreement previously disclosed on Form 8-K filed September 23, 2001. The transaction documents were amended to reflect Ares’ waiver of the requirement that the Registrant file a registration statement concerning the equity purchase agreement within thirty days of September 20, 2021. Operating Leases The Company leased approximately 5,169 square feet at 4643 South Ulster Street, Denver, Colorado pursuant to an amended lease dated May 21, 2015. Under the lease, the Company paid annual base rent on an escalating scale ranging from $143,000 to $152,000. In addition to the minimum basic rent, rent expense also includes approximately $1,000 per month for other items charged by the landlord in connection with rent. On May 1, 2020 and July 29, 2020, the Company entered into amended lease agreements with its landlord. Under the terms of the amendments, the landlord agreed to waive rent, certain rent adjustments and parking for the period April 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020 and extend the term of the lease by five months. The lease term date, which was December 31, 2020, was changed to May 31, 2021. On April 1, 2021, the Company entered into a lease termination and payment agreement with the landlord, pursuant to which the Company vacated and surrendered the premises to the landlord and the Company will pay approximately $67,000 over 18 months commencing April 1, 2021. As of November 1, 2021, the company was delinquent in its monthly payments and has not made payments to date pursuant to the settlement agreement had approximately $42,000 in unpaid rent which was reported as part of accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022. Legal Proceedings We are involved in certain legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. Except for income tax contingencies, we record accruals for contingencies to the extent that our management concludes that the occurrence is probable and that the related amounts of loss can be reasonably estimated. Legal expenses associated with the contingency are expensed as incurred. Information about material legal proceedings follows: Settlements On June 18, 2018 the Company was named as a defendant in a case filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York: Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management Co., Inc., and Eat at Joe’s, Ltd. n/k/a SPYR, Inc.(“Defendants”). Joseph A. Fiore was the Chairman of our Board of Directors and is a significant shareholder. Mr. Fiore resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board and as a Director of the Company effective August 1, 2018. The suit alleged that Mr. Fiore, during 2013 and 2014, while he was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, engaged in improper conduct on behalf of the defendants named in the case related to the Company’s sales of securities in Plandai Biotechnology, Inc. The Commission alleged that Mr. Fiore and the Company unlawfully benefited through the sales of those securities. The Commission also alleged that from 2013 to 2014, the Company’s primary business was investing and that it failed to register as an investment company, resulting in an alleged violation of Section 7(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The suit sought to disgorge Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management Co., Inc., and the Company of alleged profits on the sale of the securities and civil fines related to the Company’s failure to register as an investment company with the Commission. Pursuant to a settlement agreement among the parties, on April 14, 2020, final judgment was entered in the case: Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management, Inc. and Eat at Joes, Inc., n/k/a SPYR, Inc., case number 7:18-cv-05474-KMK filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. On April 23, 2020, Joseph Fiore/Berkshire Capital Management, Inc. satisfied the Company’s joint and several liability obligation by paying to the Commission the agreed upon sum of Two Million Dollars pursuant to a settlement agreement between Joseph Fiore/Berkshire Capital Management, Inc. and the Company, which settlement agreement was entered into on April 15, 2020. The Company has until April 14, 2021 to satisfy its remaining financial obligation to the Commission, an agreed upon civil penalty of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). The $500,000 liability is reported as part of accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and was recorded as litigation settlement costs on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. In electing to settle with the Commission, the Company neither admitted nor denied liability to any of the Commission’s allegations in its complaint, and in consideration for the Commission discontinuing its action, the Company, along with the two other defendants Joseph Fiore and Berkshire Capital Management agreed to be jointly and severally liable for disgorgement of profits and prejudgment interest in the amount of two million dollars, and to each be solely liable to pay a civil penalty in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars. On March 15, 2022, the Company and Collier Investments, LLC entered into a Warrant Cancellation Agreement. On May 22, 2018, the Company issued a five year warrant to Collier to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock, adjustable in price and amount for dilutive issuances. The Company and Collier agreed to cancel the warrant in exchange for the Company issuing Collier 2,000,000 shares of common stock. Judgments On or about January 24, 2019, SPYR APPS, LLC entered into an agreement with one of its vendors, Shatter Storm Studios, to whom it owed $84,250 for artwork related to the Steven Universe game. Pursuant to the terms of that agreement, SPYR APPS, LLC needed to make payment in the amount of $85,000 to cover the principal owed and attorneys’ fees together plus 6% interest in that amount by December 1, 2019. Should SPYR APPS, LLC not make the required payment on or before December 1, 2019, it consented to entry of judgment in favor of Shatter Storm Studios for the amount owed. SPYR APPS, LLC did not make the payment and on January 27, 2020 Shatter Storm Studios initiated Case No. 1:200cv-00217 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado seeking entry of the consent judgment against SPYR APPS, LLC. The judgment was not contested by SPYR APPS, LLC and judgment in the amount of $85,000 plus post judgment interest at the rate of 6% was entered on March 17, 2020. The balance due as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was approximately $100,000, respectively, which includes accrued interest and attorneys’ fees, has been reported as part of current liabilities of discontinued operations. Employment Agreements Pursuant to employment agreements entered in December 2014 and October 2015, the Company agreed to compensate three officers with an initial base salary in the aggregate of $450,000 per year with rolling five-year terms until terminated. In addition, as part of the employment agreements, the Company also agreed to grant these officers an aggregate of 1.55 million shares of restricted common stock at the beginning of each employment year. On September 17, 2021, Barry D. Loveless resigned as Chief Financial Officer. On December 31, 2021, the Company and James R. Thompson and Jennifer D. Duettra agreed to terminate their positions as Chief Executive Officer, President, General Counsel and Vice-President and Assistant General Counsel, respectively. Pursuant to employment agreements entered in October 2020, the Company agreed to compensate the two former owners of Applied Magix with an initial base salary in the aggregate of $300,000 for one year. In addition, as part of the employment agreements, the Company also agreed to grant these officers an aggregate of 2 million shares of restricted common stock as a signing bonus and 5 million options to purchase shares of restricted common stock. On December 31, 2021, the Company terminated its employment agreements with James R. Thompson and Jennifer D. Duettra. Pursuant to termination agreements, the Company is liable for unpaid wages and benefits to Ms. Duettra and Mr. Thompson of $162,458.13 and $3,600, and $910,991.80 and $2,300.02 respectively. The Company also owes Mr. Thompson contractual expense reimbursements in the amount of $52,527.82. In settlement of constructive termination under Ms. Duettra and Mr. Thompson’s employment agreements, the Company agreed to issue 2,500,000 and 5,000,000 shares of restricted common stock, respectively, and continue payments of medical, dental and vision insurance for each until June 30, 2022. On February 7, 2022, the Company entered into settlement agreements with Harald Zink, Richard Kelly Clark, and Misty Seals to settle accrued wages. The Company settled $94,193.75 in accrued wages payable to Mr. Zink by the issuance of 1,546,695 common shares. The Company settled $42,383.42 in accrued wages payable to Ms. Seals by the issuance of 695,951 common shares. The Company settled $94,193.75 in accrued wages payable to Mr. Clark by the issuance of 1,788,367 common shares.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Equity Line of Credit

The Company entered into a five-year Equity Line of Credit pursuant to an Equity Purchase Agreement with Brown Stone Capital, LP, dated September 30, 2020. Pursuant to the agreement, Brown Stone agreed to invest up to $14,000,000 to purchase the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The purchase price of the common shares is the lesser of the Fixed price or Market price. The Fixed price is $0.50 per share in years 1 and 2, after the effectiveness of a registration statement, and $1.00 per share in years 3, 4 and 5 after the effectiveness of this registration statement. The Market price is 70% of the three lowest Variable Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) for the Company’s common stock during the 10-trading day period immediately prior to the conversion date. In addition, the Company and Brown Stone entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, whereby the Company agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and applicable state securities laws, with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable for Brown Stone’s investment pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement. As of March 31, 2022, no shares have been sold pursuant to this agreement. On April 26, 2022, the Registrant and Ares amended the Registration Rights Agreement previously disclosed on Form 8-K filed September 23, 2001. The transaction documents were amended to reflect Ares’ waiver of the requirement that the Registrant file a registration statement concerning the equity purchase agreement within thirty days of September 20, 2021.

Operating Leases

The Company leased approximately 5,169 square feet at 4643 South Ulster Street, Denver, Colorado pursuant to an amended lease dated May 21, 2015. Under the lease, the Company paid annual base rent on an escalating scale ranging from $143,000 to $152,000. In addition to the minimum basic rent, rent expense also includes approximately $1,000 per month for other items charged by the landlord in connection with rent. On May 1, 2020 and July 29, 2020, the Company entered into amended lease agreements with its landlord. Under the terms of the amendments, the landlord agreed to waive rent, certain rent adjustments and parking for the period April 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020 and extend the term of the lease by five months. The lease term date, which was December 31, 2020, was changed to May 31, 2021. On April 1, 2021, the Company entered into a lease termination and payment agreement with the landlord, pursuant to which the Company vacated and surrendered the premises to the landlord and the Company will pay approximately $67,000 over 18 months commencing April 1, 2021. As of November 1, 2021, the company was delinquent in its monthly payments and has not made payments to date pursuant to the settlement agreement had approximately $42,000 in unpaid rent which was reported as part of accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022.

Legal Proceedings

We are involved in certain legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. Except for income tax contingencies, we record accruals for contingencies to the extent that our management concludes that the occurrence is probable and that the related amounts of loss can be reasonably estimated. Legal expenses associated with the contingency are expensed as incurred. Information about material legal proceedings follows:

Settlements

On June 18, 2018 the Company was named as a defendant in a case filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York: Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management Co., Inc., and Eat at Joe’s, Ltd. n/k/a SPYR, Inc.(“Defendants”). Joseph A. Fiore was the Chairman of our Board of Directors and is a significant shareholder. Mr. Fiore resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board and as a Director of the Company effective August 1, 2018. The suit alleged that Mr. Fiore, during 2013 and 2014, while he was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, engaged in improper conduct on behalf of the defendants named in the case related to the Company’s sales of securities in Plandai Biotechnology, Inc. The Commission alleged that Mr. Fiore and the Company unlawfully benefited through the sales of those securities. The Commission also alleged that from 2013 to 2014, the Company’s primary business was investing and that it failed to register as an investment company, resulting in an alleged violation of Section 7(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The suit sought to disgorge Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management Co., Inc., and the Company of alleged profits on the sale of the securities and civil fines related to the Company’s failure to register as an investment company with the Commission.

Pursuant to a settlement agreement among the parties, on April 14, 2020, final judgment was entered in the case: Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Joseph A. Fiore, Berkshire Capital Management, Inc. and Eat at Joes, Inc., n/k/a SPYR, Inc., case number 7:18-cv-05474-KMK filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

On April 23, 2020, Joseph Fiore/Berkshire Capital Management, Inc. satisfied the Company’s joint and several liability obligation by paying to the Commission the agreed upon sum of Two Million Dollars pursuant to a settlement agreement between Joseph Fiore/Berkshire Capital Management, Inc. and the Company, which settlement agreement was entered into on April 15, 2020. The Company has until April 14, 2021 to satisfy its remaining financial obligation to the Commission, an agreed upon civil penalty of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). The $500,000 liability is reported as part of accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and was recorded as litigation settlement costs on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019.

In electing to settle with the Commission, the Company neither admitted nor denied liability to any of the Commission’s allegations in its complaint, and in consideration for the Commission discontinuing its action, the Company, along with the two other defendants Joseph Fiore and Berkshire Capital Management agreed to be jointly and severally liable for disgorgement of profits and prejudgment interest in the amount of two million dollars, and to each be solely liable to pay a civil penalty in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars.

On March 15, 2022, the Company and Collier Investments, LLC entered into a Warrant Cancellation Agreement. On May 22, 2018, the Company issued a five year warrant to Collier to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock, adjustable in price and amount for dilutive issuances. The Company and Collier agreed to cancel the warrant in exchange for the Company issuing Collier 2,000,000 shares of common stock.

Judgments

On or about January 24, 2019, SPYR APPS, LLC entered into an agreement with one of its vendors, Shatter Storm Studios, to whom it owed $84,250 for artwork related to the Steven Universe game. Pursuant to the terms of that agreement, SPYR APPS, LLC needed to make payment in the amount of $85,000 to cover the principal owed and attorneys’ fees together plus 6% interest in that amount by December 1, 2019. Should SPYR APPS, LLC not make the required payment on or before December 1, 2019, it consented to entry of judgment in favor of Shatter Storm Studios for the amount owed. SPYR APPS, LLC did not make the payment and on January 27, 2020 Shatter Storm Studios initiated Case No. 1:200cv-00217 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado seeking entry of the consent judgment against SPYR APPS, LLC. The judgment was not contested by SPYR APPS, LLC and judgment in the amount of $85,000 plus post judgment interest at the rate of 6% was entered on March 17, 2020. The balance due as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was approximately $100,000, respectively, which includes accrued interest and attorneys’ fees, has been reported as part of current liabilities of discontinued operations.

Employment Agreements

Pursuant to employment agreements entered in December 2014 and October 2015, the Company agreed to compensate three officers with an initial base salary in the aggregate of $450,000 per year with rolling five-year terms until terminated. In addition, as part of the employment agreements, the Company also agreed to grant these officers an aggregate of 1.55 million shares of restricted common stock at the beginning of each employment year. On September 17, 2021, Barry D. Loveless resigned as Chief Financial Officer. On December 31, 2021, the Company and James R. Thompson and Jennifer D. Duettra agreed to terminate their positions as Chief Executive Officer, President, General Counsel and Vice-President and Assistant General Counsel, respectively.

Pursuant to employment agreements entered in October 2020, the Company agreed to compensate the two former owners of Applied Magix with an initial base salary in the aggregate of $300,000 for one year. In addition, as part of the employment agreements, the Company also agreed to grant these officers an aggregate of 2 million shares of restricted common stock as a signing bonus and 5 million options to purchase shares of restricted common stock.

On December 31, 2021, the Company terminated its employment agreements with James R. Thompson and Jennifer D. Duettra.

Pursuant to termination agreements, the Company is liable for unpaid wages and benefits to Ms. Duettra and Mr. Thompson of $162,458.13 and $3,600, and $910,991.80 and $2,300.02 respectively. The Company also owes Mr. Thompson contractual expense reimbursements in the amount of $52,527.82.

In settlement of constructive termination under Ms. Duettra and Mr. Thompson’s employment agreements, the Company agreed to issue 2,500,000 and 5,000,000 shares of restricted common stock, respectively, and continue payments of medical, dental and vision insurance for each until June 30, 2022.

On February 7, 2022, the Company entered into settlement agreements with Harald Zink, Richard Kelly Clark, and Misty Seals to settle accrued wages. The Company settled $94,193.75 in accrued wages payable to Mr. Zink by the issuance of 1,546,695 common shares. The Company settled $42,383.42 in accrued wages payable to Ms. Seals by the issuance of 695,951 common shares. The Company settled $94,193.75 in accrued wages payable to Mr. Clark by the issuance of 1,788,367 common shares.