UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (date of Earliest Event Reported): January
28, 2013
TELETOUCH
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE |
001-13436 |
75-2556090 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File No.) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
|
5718
Airport Freeway, Fort Worth, Texas 76117
(Address
of principal executive offices and zip code)
(800)
232-3888
(Company’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed from last report)
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Item 8.01 |
Other Events |
On January 28, 2013, Progressive Concepts, Inc., a Texas corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teletouch Communications, Inc. (together with affiliates, the “Company”), entered into that certain Settlement and Patent License Agreement with GeoTag, Inc. (“GeoTag”) (the “License Agreement”). As previously disclosed in the Company’s public reports, in November 2011, GeoTag filed a patent infringement action which named the Company and numerous other entities, alleging that features of certain of the defendants’ e-commerce websites infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,930,474, entitled “Internet Organizer for Accessing Geographically and Topically Based Information” (the “474 Action”). Under the terms of the License Agreement, in consideration for a one-time settlement payment made by the Company to GeoTag, the Company was granted a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual, irrevocable license to exploit such licensed patents. In addition, the License contains certain confidentiality provisions, mutual covenants not to sue and releases relating to the patent infringement litigation. GeoTag also agreed to dismiss the 474 Action and such dismissal has occurred and been recorded as of this filing date. The License Agreement contains additional provisions that are customary for the agreements of this nature.
Item 9.01 |
Exhibits |
None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: |
February 1, 2013 |
By: /s/ |
Douglas Sloan |
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Name: |
Douglas Sloan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |