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on April 6, 2015. On February 11, 2013, Touchscreen served amended infringement contentions where it added US Patent
No. 8,164,575 and did not include previously asserted US Patent No. 7,319,457. Proceedings are ongoing.
On April 25, 2012, Potter Voice Technologies LLC (“Potter”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Colorado, along with 14 other defendants. Potter alleged that the Company infringes U.S. Patent 5,729,659 allegedly
directed to voice command technology. The complaint seeks an injunction and monetary damages. A claim construction hearing has
been scheduled for April 5, 2013. No trial date is currently set. Proceedings are ongoing.
On May 3, 2012, Hunts Point Ventures, Inc. (“Hunts Point”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Wisconsin alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,667,123, which generally relates to playlist technology. The
complaint seeks an injunction and monetary damages. Trial had been set for November 4, 2013. On November 27, 2012, the case was
transferred from the Western District of Wisconsin to the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division). The court dismissed the case
without prejudice on March 12, 2013 as no local counsel had filed an appearance for Hunts Point.
On May 29, 2012, Mobile Telecommunications Technologies LLC (“MTEL”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,809,428; 5,754,946; 5,559,862;
5,894,506 and 5,581,804, some of which allegedly relate to certain aspects of handling failed delivery of wireless messages and others
allegedly relate to certain methods of transmitting large volumes of email messages. The complaint seeks an injunction and monetary
damages. The Company answered the complaint on August 22, 2012. A claim construction hearing has been scheduled for October 3,
2013 and trial has been set for June 9, 2014. Proceedings are ongoing.
On October 29, 2012, Softvault Systems, Inc. (“Softvault”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California (San Jose Division). Softvault asserted that the Company infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 6,249,868 and
6,594,765 generally directed to a system for disabling devices to prevent unauthorized use. The complaint seeks an injunction,
monetary damages, and other relief that the court deems just and proper. The Company and Softvault settled all outstanding litigation
on February 12, 2013 for an amount immaterial to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The court dismissed the case with prejudice
on March 13, 2013.
On November 12, 2012, NovelPoint Tracking LLC (“NPT”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division). The complaint asserts that the Company infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,442,485, allegedly
directed to automatic vehicle location, collision notification and synthetic voice technologies. The complaint seeks an injunction and
monetary damages. The Company filed an answer on February 27, 2013. Proceedings are ongoing.
On November 29, 2012, Arendi S.A.R.L. (“Arendi”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Delaware. The complaint alleges patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,917,843 (“the ‘843 patent”), 7,496,854 (“the ‘854 patent”)
and 8,306,993 (“the ‘993 patent”). Both the ‘843 patent and the ‘854 patent are entitled “Method, System and Computer Readable
Medium for Addressing Handling from a Computer Program,” and the ‘993 patent is entitled “Method, System and Computer
Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from an Operating System.” The complaint seeks damages, an injunction, costs and fees
and any other just relief. A scheduling conference has not been scheduled. Proceedings are ongoing.
On December 21, 2012, Mers Kutt filed a lawsuit against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
(Alexandria). Mr. Kutt asserted that the Company infringes
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