Item
1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.
On
October 20, 2015, PC Drivers Headquarters, LP (“
PC Drivers
”) filed a breach of contract claim against
the Company in Texas State Court, Travis County. By motion of the Company, the lawsuit was removed to the United States District
Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division, on November 17, 2015. (
PC Drivers Headquarters, LP vs. AmbiCom Holdings,
Inc.,
United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division (Case No. 1:15-cv-01038-RP) (the “
First
Texas Action
”)
On
April 29, 2016, the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division entered its Default Judgment against
the Company, granting PC Drivers monetary relief in the amount of $318,518.98 and certain injunctive relief, including, without
limitation, granting PC Drivers a royalty free license in certain of the Company’s intellectual property in the consumer
market.
On
August 15, 2016, on a motion from PC Drivers, the United States District Court Northern District of California, San Jose Division,
appointed Michael S. Warda, receiver over a patent owned by the Company, at the request of a debtor, PC Drivers, to hold a public
sale of the patent at which PC Drivers would be permitted to credit bid its default judgment (
PC Drivers Headquarters, LP vs.
AmbiCom Holdings, Inc
, United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division (Case No. CV 16 80125-HRL))
(the “
San Jose Action
”)
On
October 26, 2016, the Company filed a motion opposing the public sale, instead supporting a private sale to Voosh for aggregate
consideration of $1,000,000, comprised of a cash payment of $365,000, assumption of certain debt obligations of the Company in
an aggregate principal amount of $178,000, and royalty payments to the Company in the amount of $457,000.
On
January 12, 2017, the receiver determined that a public sale of the patent was preferable to a private sale.
On
January 19, 2017, the Company determined not to pursue the private sale of the patent to Voosh, and filed a Motion to Set Aside
Default Judgment with the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division, relating to the First Texas
Action, and on January 23, 2013 filed a Request for Stay with United States District Court, Northern District of California, San
Jose Division, relating to the San Jose Action.
On
March 10, 2017, the United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division, denied the Company’s
request for a stay of the San Jose action, and scheduled a status conference on April 4, 2017 to determine the sale procedure
for the patent subject to the receivership. At the status conference, the Company and PC Drivers reached a settlement pursuant
to which the Company agreed to pay PC Drivers $333,000 on April 18, 2017, and acknowledged the continuance of the First Texas
Action as it related to the Company’s objection to the injunctive relief granted by the court, and the Second Texas Action.
The Company made the payment on April 18, 2017 and the San Jose Action has been concluded and the receivership over the patent
owned by the Company has been terminated.
On
March 20, 2017, the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division, denied the Company’s motion
to set aside the default judgment relating to the First Texas Action.
On
March 24, 2017, the Company filed a Motion for Reconsideration with the United States District Court, Western District of Texas,
Austin Division, as to the injunctive relief contained in the default judgment was not requested by PC Drivers in its complaint
relating to the First Texas Action.
The
court denied this motion on April 4, 2017, and on April 18, 2018 the Company filed a Notice of Appeal with the United States Court
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit relating to the First Texas Action.