Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

11.  Commitments and Contingencies

Patent Litigation

In 2012, MaxLinear, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Company engaged one another in three patent infringement lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego Division, and in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division. The Texas Court determined that the dispute concerning MaxLinear’s patents would proceed in the California Court. On May 16, 2013, MaxLinear filed an additional patent infringement lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. On October 3, 2013, the Company and MaxLinear executed a Settlement Agreement resolving all of the lawsuits between them. MaxLinear granted the Company a license to its patent portfolio for the accused Company products, and the Company granted MaxLinear a license to its patent portfolio for the accused MaxLinear products. As part of the settlement, MaxLinear will make a one-time payment of $1.25 million to the Company. The Company and MaxLinear also entered into a 3-year covenant not to sue and agreed to dismiss all of the pending cases.

Other

The Company is involved in various other legal proceedings that have arisen in the normal course of business. While the ultimate results of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not expect them to have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial statements.