COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
6 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2015 | |
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lease Commitments
During the second quarter of fiscal 2016, we negotiated a five year extension of an operating lease on a building in Irvine, California, which increased our future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable lease agreements by $3.7 million.
Commitments to Purchase Inventory
We use contract manufacturers for our manufacturing operations. Under these arrangements, the contract manufacturer procures inventory to manufacture products based upon our forecast of customer demand. We have similar arrangements with certain other suppliers. We are responsible for the financial impact on the supplier or contract manufacturer of any reduction or product mix shift in the forecast relative to materials that the third party had already purchased under a prior forecast. Such a variance in forecasted demand could require a cash payment for inventory in excess of current customer demand or for costs of excess or obsolete inventory. As of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, we had issued non-cancelable commitments for $27.5 million and $46.0 million, respectively, to purchase inventory from our contract manufacturers and suppliers.
Legal Proceedings
On February 18, 2014, Crossroads Systems, Inc. (“Crossroads”) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Quantum in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleging infringement of U.S. patents 6,425,035 and 7,934,041. An amended complaint filed on April 15, 2014 also alleged infringement of U.S. patent 7,051,147. Crossroads asserts that we have incorporated Crossroads' patented technology into our StorNext QX and Q-Series lines of disk array products and into our Scalar libraries. Crossroads seeks unspecified monetary damages and injunctive relief. Crossroads has already dismissed all claims of infringement with respect to the StorNext QX and Q-Series products. In July and September of 2014, we filed for Inter Partes Review of all three asserted Crossroads patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and a review has been initiated for all claims. On June 16, 2015, the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas stayed the Crossroads trial proceedings pending resolution of the Inter Partes Review proceedings. We believe the probability that this lawsuit will have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition is remote.
On September 23, 2014, we filed a lawsuit against Crossroads in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging patent infringement of our patent 6,766,412 by Crossroads' StrongBox VSeries Library Solution product. We are seeking injunctive relief and the recovery of monetary damages. On December 4, 2014, we amended our complaint alleging infringement of a second patent, 5,940,849, related to Crossroads' SPHiNX product line. On December 16, 2014, we withdrew the amended complaint alleging infringement of the second patent, 5,940,849.
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