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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies
Lease commitments
The Company leases office space and office equipment under operating leases. Commitments under operating leases primarily relate to leasehold property and office equipment. At March 31, 2016, the minimum future payments on non-cancelable operating leases were as follows:
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Remaining nine months of 2016
$
7,996

2017
10,441

2018
9,921

2019
9,802

2020
6,256

Thereafter
10,870

Total minimum future lease payments
$
55,286

 
Purchase obligations
During the course of the business, the Company issues purchase orders based on its current manufacturing needs.  At March 31, 2016, the Company had non-cancelable purchase commitments of $38.9 million, which are expected to be paid within the next twelve months. 
Legal Proceedings
The Company is currently involved in various legal proceedings. As required under ASC 450, Contingencies, the Company accrues for contingencies when it believes that a loss is probable and that it can reasonably estimate the amount of any such loss. The Company has not recorded any accrual for contingent liabilities associated with the legal proceedings described below based on its belief that any potential loss, while reasonably possible, is not probable. Further, any possible range of loss in these matters cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The Company believes that it has valid defenses with respect to legal proceedings pending against it. However, litigation is inherently unpredictable, and it is possible that cash flows or results of operations could be materially affected in any particular period by the unfavorable resolution of this contingency or because of the diversion of management's attention and the creation of significant expenses.
The Company’s pending legal proceeding as of March 31, 2016 was as follows:
On September 12, 2014, MV Circuit Design, Inc., an Ohio company ("MV Circuit"), brought an action to correct the inventorship of certain patents owned by the Company, as well as related state-law claims against the Company in the Northern District of Ohio (Case No. 1:14-cv-02028-DAP) regarding allegations of fraud in the filing and prosecution of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,180,485, 8,773,270, 8,812,153, PCT/US2007/003765, PCT/US2011/063597, and PCT/US2011/0635505 (the “Action”). On November 14, 2014, the Company filed a Motion to Dismiss the Action. MV Circuit responded on January 29, 2015, and the Company replied in support of its Motion to Dismiss on February 17, 2015. On March 24, 2015, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part the Motion to Dismiss. Specifically, the Court granted the Company's Motion to Dismiss with respect to Counts 4, 5, and 6 (declaratory judgments regarding PCT/US2007/003765, PCT/US2011/063597, and PCT/US2011/0635505) and count 13 (civil conspiracy). The Court denied the Company's Motion to Dismiss with respect to Count 9 (fraud), Count 7 (fraudulent concealment) and Count 8 (negligent misrepresentation). The Company filed an Answer to the Complaint on April 8, 2015. Following an initial Case Management Conference on April 22, 2015, the Court ordered MV Circuit and the Company to make a limited initial production of documents. The parties completed this initial document production and have held further conference calls with the Court to report on their settlement negotiations.  During a conference call held on February 11, 2016, the Court set a deadline of March 14, 2016 for the parties to either file notification of settlement or a proposed litigation schedule. The parties have requested three extensions of the March 14th deadline, with the current deadline requested for June 10, 2016.