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We have answered the complaint and are pursuing certain counterclaims. The case is currently in the discovery phase. In January 2007, the Court ruled on certain motions of the parties. In its ruling, the Court dismissed digEcor’s unjust enrichment, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, tortious interference and punitive damage claims. The Court further acknowledged the delivery of the 1,250-unit order and a partial settlement between the parties reducing digEcor’s claim for purchase-price or actual damages from $793,750 to $94,846 with such amount still being disputed by e.Digital. digEcor’s contract and damages claims remain in dispute, and the Court provided some interpretation of the contracts at issue in its ruling. digEcor subsequently amended its Complaint to assert an alternative breach of contract claim, and claims for federal, state and common law unfair competition, and sought an injunction prohibiting us “from engaging in any competition with digEcor until after 2013.” In April 2007 digEcor filed a motion for summary judgment seeking enforcement of an alleged noncompete provision and an injunction prohibiting us from competing with digEcor. In October 2007 the Court denied, without prejudice, digEcor’s motion for partial summary judgment and a request for injunction. The foregoing and other findings of the Court may be subject to appeal by either party.
We believe we have substantive and multiple defenses and intend to vigorously challenge the remaining matters and pursue existing and possible additional counterclaims. Due to the uncertainties inherent in any litigation, however, there can be no assurance whether we will or will not prevail in our defense against digEcor’s remaining claims. We are also unable to determine at this time the impact this complaint and matter may have on our financial position or results of operations. We have an accrual of $80,000 as an estimate of our obligation related to the remaining general damage claim and we intend to seek restitution from Maycom for any damages we may incur but recovery from Maycom is not assured. Maycom is not involved in the design, tooling or production of our proprietary eVU mobile product. Moreover, we do not presently plan or expect to produce or sell digEplayer models to digEcor or other customers in the future.
In April 2007 we filed a second amended counterclaim in the United States District Court of Utah seeking a declaratory judgment confirming the status of prior agreements between the parties, alleging breach of our confidential information and trade secrets by digEcor, seeking an injunction against digEcor’s manufacture and sale of a portable product based on our technology, alleging breach of duty to negotiate regarding revenue sharing dollars we believe we have the right to receive and tortious interference by digEcor in our contracts with third parties. We intend to vigorously prosecute these counterclaims. There can be no assurance, however, that we will prevail on any of our counterclaims.
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