Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
In December 2019, a complaint was filed by Dr. De-Chu Christopher Tang (“Plaintiff”) against us in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. See Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements appearing in Item 1 of this report for further details.
A prior lawsuit filed by the Plaintiff against us in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, resulted in the entry of a Final Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction on August 25, 2016 (the “Alabama Judgment”). In the Alabama Judgment, the court declared, among other things, that we owned the DVD technology that Plaintiff had developed during his employment with us, and enjoined Plaintiff from “using or disclosing any Proprietary Information or Innovations relating to the DVD technology and any associated intellectual property rights” without our written consent.
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