Commitments And Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

11. Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Agreements.

The Company leases its operating facilities under a noncancelable operating lease. On December 22, 2009, the lease for the Mountain View, CA was amended and renewed to lease for an additional six year period beginning March 1, 2010 until February 28, 2015. The Company also leased office space in Lisses, France that was used for sales, service and support. In February 2012, this lease was assigned to Cutera, Inc. as part of the sale of our aesthetics business (see Note 17 - Subsequent Event). The lease is renewable annually and runs through 2018. The Company leased office space in Cwmbran, South Wales, which terminated in December 2009. Rent expense totaled $0.6 million for each of the fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009.

Future minimum lease payments under current operating leases at December 31, 2011 are summarized as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Operating Lease Payments
2012	$	733
2013		763
2014		804
2015		129
2016		0
Total future minimum lease payments	$	2,429

License Agreements.

The Company is obligated to pay royalties equivalent to 5% of sales on certain products under certain license agreements. Royalty expense was approximately $0.2 million $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Indemnification Arrangements.

The Company enters into standard indemnification arrangements in our ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company indemnifies, holds harmless, and agrees to reimburse the indemnified parties for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party, generally our business partners or customers, in connection with any trade secret, copyright, patent or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third party with respect to our products. The term of these indemnification agreements is generally perpetual anytime after the execution of the agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these agreements is not determinable. The Company has never incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers that may require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature; to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified; and to make good faith determination whether or not it is practicable for the Company to obtain directors and officers insurance. The Company currently has directors and officers liability insurance.

In general, management believes that claims which are pending or known to be threatened, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations and are adequately covered by the Company's liability insurance. However, it is possible that cash flows or results of operations could be materially affected in any particular period by the unfavorable resolution of one of more of these contingencies or because of the diversion of management's attention and the incurrence of significant expenses.