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Borrowing Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Borrowing Arrangements
6. Borrowing Arrangements 
 
On March 26, 2014, notes payable which have since been retired were amended and restated to allow for conversion to common stock and to amend the interest rate. In conjunction with the amendment, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of the notes payable of $2,403,193 in the accompanying statements of operations.
   
On September 23, 2014, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue to the Chief Executive Officer up to 233,640 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $2.14 per share for aggregate consideration to us of up to $500,000. Pursuant to the terms of such Share Purchase Agreement and concurrently with the execution of the agreement, the Chief Executive Officer made an initial payment of $300,000 to the Company towards the aggregate purchase price. The shares were only to be issued if we did not obtain $6 million or more in debt financing within ten business days of the execution of the agreement. As a result of the Fortress Agreement, the Company is required to return the $300,000 in cash previously prepaid by the Chief Executive Officer and the Company will not issue any securities as a result of the Share Purchase Agreement. As of March 31, 2015, the Chief Executive Officer has deferred repayment and accordingly the $300,000 has been recorded as a related party loan payable.
 
On October 1, 2014 the Company entered into the original Fortress Agreement with Fortress, including a Note Purchaser (as defined below) who also serves as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) and a Revenue Participant (as defined below). Pursuant to the original Fortress Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of $11,000,000 in notes (the “Original Notes”) to the purchasers identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Note Purchasers”). As a result of the issuance of the Original Notes and the sale of the Fortress Shares (as defined below), after the payment of all purchaser-related fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the Original Notes and Fortress Shares, the Company received net proceeds of $9,964,868 (less issuance costs of $450,253). The Company used the net proceeds to pay off the Secured Convertible Notes and the unsecured promissory note payable from First Republic Bank with an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 and for general working capital purposes. The unpaid principal amount of the Original Notes bears cash interest equal to LIBOR plus 7%. In addition, a 3% per annum paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest will be paid by increasing the principal amount of the Original Notes by the amount of such interest. The PIK interest shall be treated as principal of the Original Notes for all purposes of interest accrual or calculation of any premium payment.
 
The principal of the Original Notes and all unpaid interest thereon or other amounts owing hereunder shall be paid in full in cash by the Company on September 30, 2017 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company may prepay the Original Notes in whole or in part, generally without penalty or premium, except that any optional prepayments of the Original Notes prior to October 1, 2015 will be accompanied by a prepayment premium equal to 5% of the principal amount prepaid. In addition, upon the earlier of the date on which the all obligations of the Original Notes are paid in full, or become due, the Company will pay to the Note Purchasers a termination fee equal to $770,000. This was accounted for as a discount on notes payable.
 
Upon receipt of any revenues generated from the monetization of the Patents (the “Monetization Revenue”) of the patents identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Patents”), the Company is required to apply, towards its obligations pursuant to the Original Notes, 86% of the difference between (a) any revenues generated from the Monetization Revenue less (b) any litigation or licensing related third party expenses (including fees paid to the original patent owners) reasonably incurred by the Company to earn Monetization Revenue, subject to certain limits (such difference defined as “Monetization Net Revenues”). If Monetization Net Revenue is applied to outstanding principal of the Original Notes (defined as “Mandatory Prepayments”), such Mandatory Prepayments are not subject to the prepayment premium described above. To the extent that any obligations under the Original Notes are past due, including if such payments are past due as a result of the acceleration of the Original Notes or certain conditions of breach or alleged breach have occurred, the percentage will increase from 86% to 100%. 
 
In addition to the Mandatory Prepayments, beginning on the last business day of October 2015, the Company shall make monthly amortization payments (the “Amortization Payments”) in an amount equal to (x) the then outstanding principal amount of the Original Notes divided by (y) the number of months left until the Maturity Date.
 
In connection with the execution of the Fortress Agreement, on October 1, 2014, the Company paid to the Note Purchasers a structuring fee equal to $385,000. This was accounted for as a discount on notes payable.
 
Pursuant to the Fortress Agreement, the Company granted to the purchasers identified in the Fortress Agreement (“Revenue Participants”) a right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues totaling $5,500,000 (unless the Revenue Participants have not received $5,500,000 by the Maturity Date, in which case the Revenue Participants have a right to receive a portion of Monetization Revenues totaling $8,250,000) (the “Revenue Stream”). The Revenue Participants will not receive any portion of the Revenue Stream until all obligations under the Original Notes are paid in full. Following payment in full of the Original Notes, the Company will pay to the Revenue Participants their proportionate share of the Monetization Net Revenues. The Revenue Participants’ proportionate share is equal to (a) 46% of Monetization Net Revenues until $2,750,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants, (b) 31% of Monetization Net Revenues until the next $2,750,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants and (c) 6% of Monetization Net Revenues until the next $2,750,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants if (a) and (b) have not been fully paid by the Maturity Date. All Revenue Stream Payments will be payable on a monthly basis in arrears. The rights of the Revenue Participants to the Revenue Stream are secured by all of the Company’s patent assets as of October 1, 2014 and the Cash Collateral Account, in each case junior in priority to the rights of the Note Purchasers. In connection with the Revenue Participants’ right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues, the Company has recorded a net liability of $2,478,057, which represents the fair value of the expected Monetization Revenues, discounted 20% over the expected life of the revenue share agreement. 
 
As part of the Fortress Agreement, the Company and the Collateral Agent entered into a Patent License Agreement (the “Patent License Agreement”), under which the Company agreed to grant to the Collateral Agent a non-exclusive, royalty-free, and worldwide license to certain of its Patents (the “Licensed Patents”), which can only be used by the Collateral Agent following an occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default of the Fortress Agreement. When the Fortress Notes (as defined below) and Revenue Stream are paid in full, the Patent License Agreement will terminate.
 
As part of the transaction, the Company granted the Note Purchaser and Revenue Participant a first priority security interest in all of the Company’s patent assets owned as of October 1, 2014 and all proceeds thereof, as well as a general security interest in all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Note Purchaser and Revenue Participant do not have a security interest in any future patent purchases by the Company.
 
As part of the transaction, the Company is required to maintain a minimum $1,000,000 in cash reserves. Failure to maintain that minimum cash balance can constitute an event of default under the Fortress Agreement. If we were to default under the Fortress Agreement and were unable to obtain a waiver for such a default, interest on the obligations would accrue at an increased rate. In the case of a default, Fortress could accelerate our obligations under the Fortress Agreement.
 
Effective February 25, 2015, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement (the “Fortress Amended Agreement” and together with the original Fortress Agreement, sometimes referred to as the “Fortress Agreement”) with Fortress, under which Fortress agreed to make available to the Company up to an additional $3,000,000 between February 25, 2015 and December 31, 2015 (the “Additional Available Credit”). The Additional Available Credit would be drawn down in the form of senior secured notes (the “Additional Notes” and, together with the Original Notes, the “Fortress Notes”) and the additional amount loaned would be based on revenue the Company generates from certain near-term existing and future license agreements (“Draw Down Licenses”). On February 25, 2015, the Company drew down $1,199,500 from the Additional Available Credit and issued Additional Notes in that principal amount to Fortress. In connection with the issuance of the Additional Available Credit, the Company issued 500,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. After the payment of all purchaser-related fees and expenses relating to such issuances, the Company received net proceeds of $1,172,885 (less issuance costs of $77,559). The Company will use these net proceeds for general working capital purposes.
 
In connection with the issuance of the Additional Notes and the Revenue Participants’ right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues, the Company has recorded a net liability of $335,762, which represents the fair value of the expected Monetization Revenues, discounted 18% over the expected life of the revenue share agreement. 
 
In addition to the issuance of the Additional Notes, the Fortress Amended Agreement amended the original Fortress Agreement as follows:
 
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The structuring fee equal to 3.5% of the original principal amount of any such Additional Notes is waived.
 
 
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The Additional Notes will be repaid from the future licensing payments on the Draw Down Licenses received from those specific Draw Down licensee(s), while the requirements otherwise to pay 86% of the Monetization Net Revenues towards the Original Notes for (i) the upfront payment of the initial Draw Down License and (ii) the remaining future payments of Draw Down Licenses are waived in general.
 
 
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The Revenue Participants are entitled to receive $7,700,000 (adjusted from the terms of the Original Notes) plus 70% of the Additional Notes as a portion of the Revenue Stream Basis (as defined below) if the Notes and Revenue Stream payments are paid in full by the Maturity Date or $9,350,000 (adjusted from the terms of the Original Notes) plus 85% of the Additional Notes as a portion of the Revenue Stream Basis if the Fortress Notes and Revenue Stream payments are not paid in full by the Maturity Date. The Revenue Stream payments will begin after all obligations on the Fortress Notes are paid in full. The Company is required to apply specified decreasing percentages (46% to 31% to 6%) of its net revenues (net of monetization costs) from monetizing its intellectual property assets on an ongoing basis to meet the Revenue Stream payment obligations. Payment of the full Revenue Stream payments in addition to the Fortress Note obligations by the Maturity Date would ordinarily occur after the Company receives approximately $60,000,000 in gross licensing revenues, assuming an average monetization cost of 33%.
 
 
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The Company shall not be required to apply the initial installment payment under the first Draw Down License to the Company’s obligations under the Fortress Notes or the Revenue Stream under the Fortress Amended Agreement.
 
In connection with the February 25, 2015 modification to the original Fortress Agreement and Revenue Participants’ right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues, the Company has recorded a loss of $2,268,373, for the resultant change in the fair value of the expected Monetization Revenues. 
 
The Fortress Agreement also contemplates the issuance of up to an additional $2,000,000 in notes beyond the Additional Available Credit.
 
Except as described above, the terms of the Additional Notes are identical to the terms of the original Notes issued pursuant to the original Fortress Agreement. Except as described above, the terms of the Original Fortress Agreement, and the Original Notes and warrants issued thereunder, remain in full force in effect, including the existing Monetization Revenue payments for the original Notes and the calculation of the termination fee based on the principal of the Original Notes.
    
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 
In connection with the execution of the original Fortress Agreement, the Company issued 500,000 shares of its common stock at $2.00 per share to the Revenue Participant for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000. The Fortress Shares were issued pursuant to a subscription agreement dated October 1, 2014. The shares were issued by the Company under the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as they were issued to accredited investors, without a view to distribution, and were not issued through any general solicitation or advertisement.
 
On October 1, 2014, the Company paid the holders of the Amended Secured Convertible Notes and the New Secured Convertible Notes $8,000,000, plus interest of $187,351 and issued to such holders an aggregate of 1,804,030 shares of common stock to the note holders (who otherwise had the right to convert the existing notes into 1,508,162 shares of common stock of the Company until July 2018) as consideration for a waiver from such Secured Convertible Note holders in order for the Company to prepay the remaining outstanding principal and interest on the Secured Convertible Notes. Immediately following the prepayment of the Secured Convertible Notes and the issuance of the shares, the Secured Convertible Notes were deemed paid in full. Further, as a result of the termination of the Secured Convertible Notes, $3,500,000 previously held in a cash collateral account in connection with the Secured Convertible Notes were released to the Company.
 
In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the original Fortress Agreement, the Company paid a closing fee of $330,000. As discussed in Note 7, the Company also issued a 5 year warrant to purchase 247,500 shares common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 to National Securities Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Holdings, Inc. (“National”), who acted as advisor to the Company with respect to the transaction. The warrant meets the requirements to be accounted for as an equity warrant. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrant to be $153,759, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the warrant as of November 1, 2014 was estimated using the following assumptions:
 
Expected volatility
 
60
%
Risk free rate
 
1.62
%
Dividend yield
 
0
%
Expected term (in years)
 
5.00
 
 
The assumptions utilized were derived in a similar manner as discussed in Note 7 related to the fair value of stock options.
 
On February 27, 2015, in connection with the execution of the original Fortress Amended Agreement, at closing of the transactions with Fortress, the Company issued 500,000 7-year warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.14 per share to Fortress for an aggregate purchase price of $40,000. The warrant was issued by the Company under the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as they were issued to accredited investors, without a view to distribution, and were not issued through any general solicitation or advertisement.
 
On February 27, 2015, in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Fortress Amended Agreement, the Company paid a closing fee of $35,985 and issued a 5-year warrant for the purchase of 26,989 shares of the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share to National Securities Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Holdings, Inc. (“National”). National acted as advisor to the Company with respect to the transaction.
 
The warrant issuances on February 27, 2015 meet the requirements to be accounted for as equity with a fair value of $172,319 and $4,960, respectively, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the issued warrants as of February 27, 2015, were estimated using the following assumptions:
 
 
 
Fortress
 
National Securities Corporation
 
Expected volatility
 
60
%
 
 
60
%
Risk free rate
 
1.7
%
 
 
1.5
%
Dividend yield
 
0
%
 
 
0
%
Expected term (in years)
 
5.00
 
 
 
7.00