LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
12 Months Ended | 51 Months Ended | |||
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Aug. 07, 2020 |
Nov. 13, 2018 |
May 09, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Mar. 31, 2020 |
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| Maximum Cisco royalty payment per year for remaining term of the remote power patent | $ 9,000,000 | ||||
| Dell [Member] | |||||
| Revenue from litigation settlement | $ 4,150,000 | ||||
| Litigation settlement, description | The Company filed a lawsuit against Dell, Inc. in the District Court, 241st Judicial District, Smith County, Texas, for breach of a settlement and license agreement, dated August 15, 2016, with the Company as a result of Dell’s failure to make royalty payments, and provide corresponding royalty reports, to the Company based on sales of Dell’s PoE products. On December 19, 2019, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment on its breach of contract claim. | ||||
| Facebook [Member] | |||||
| Litigation settlement, description | The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, initiated litigation against Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,006,227, U.S. Patent No. 7,865,538 and U.S. Patent No. 8,255,439 (among the patents within the Company’s Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio). The lawsuit alleged that the asserted patents are infringed by Facebook’s core technologies that enable Facebook’s Newsfeed and Timeline features. | ||||
| Google [Member] | On April 4, 2014 and December 3, 2014 [Member] | |||||
| Litigation settlement, description | The Company initiated litigation against Google Inc. (“Google”) and YouTube, LLC (“YouTube”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for infringement of several of its patents within its Cox Patent Portfolio acquired from Dr. Cox which relate to the identification of media content on the Internet. The lawsuit alleges that Google and YouTube have infringed and continue to infringe certain of the Company’s patents by making, using, selling and offering to sell unlicensed systems and related products and services, which include YouTube’s Content ID system. |