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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

13.   Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company leases certain of its buildings under noncancelable lease agreements. Refer to the Leases footnote (Note 12) of the Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements for additional information.

 

The Company frequently warrants that the technology solutions it develops for its clients will operate in accordance with the project specifications without defects for a specified warranty period, subject to certain limitations that the Company believes are standard in the industry. In the event that defects are discovered during the warranty period, and none of the limitations apply, the Company is obligated to remedy the defects until the solution that the Company provided operates within the project specifications. The Company is not typically obligated by contract to provide its clients with any refunds of the fees they have paid, although a small number of its contracts provide for the payment of liquidated damages upon default. The Company has purchased insurance policies covering professional errors and omissions, property damage and general liability that reduce its monetary exposure for warranty-related claims and enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid.

 

The Company’s contracts typically provide for testing and client acceptance procedures that are designed to mitigate the likelihood of warranty-related claims, although there can be no assurance that such procedures will be effective for each project.  The Company has not paid any material amounts related to warranties for its solutions.  The Company sometimes commits unanticipated levels of effort to projects to remedy defects covered by its warranties.  The Company’s estimate of its exposure to warranties on contracts is immaterial as of March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021.

 

The Company’s agreements with customers generally require the Company to indemnify the customer against claims in which the Company’s products infringe third-party patents, copyrights, or trademarks and indemnify against product liability matters. As of March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021, the Company has not experienced any losses related to the indemnification obligations and no significant claims with respect thereto were outstanding.  The Company does not expect significant claims related to the indemnification obligations and, consequently, concluded that the fair value of these obligations is negligible, and no related reserves were established.

 

Litigation

 

The Company is subject to ordinary routine litigation and claims incidental to its business. As of March 31, 2022, the Company was not engaged with any material legal proceedings.