EXHIBIT 10.7


 


ASSIGNMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS


 


For good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Crossroads Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with a business address located at 11000
North Mo-Pac Expressway, Austin, TX 78759 (“Assignor”), effective as of July 22, 2013 (the “Effective
Date”), Assignor, does hereby sell, assign, transfer, and convey unto KIP CR P1 LP
(“Assignee”), all of Assignor’s right, title, and interest that exist today and may exist in the future
in and to any and all of the following (collectively, the “Patent Rights”): 


 


(a)          all
of the patent applications and patents of Assignor, including, without limitation, the patent applications and patents listed in
the table below, but excluding the ’972 Patents (as defined in that certain Credit Agreement between Assignor and Assignee
dated as of the date hereof) (the “Patents”);


 


	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	6,041,381	 	US	 	02-05-1998	 	
        FIBRE CHANNEL TO SCSI ADDRESSING METHOD AND
        SYSTEM

        Geoffrey B. Hoese

	6,138,161	 	US	 	02-18-1999	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING RESERVE
        COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS IN A FIBRE CHANNEL NETWORK

        Robert A. Reynolds

	6,148,421	 	US	 	05-29-1998	 	
        ERROR DETECTION AND RECOVERY FOR SEQUENTIAL
        ACCESS DEVICES IN A FIBRE CHANNEL PROTOCOL

        Geoffrey B. Hoese

	6,151,331	 	US	 	09-23-1998	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PROXY FARP
        FOR LEGACY STORAGE DEVICES

        Stephen K. Wilson

	6,199,112	 	US	 	09-23-1998	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING FIBRE CHANNEL
        DEVICE ADDRESSES ON A NETWORK USING THE DEVICE'S FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME

        Stephen K. Wilson

	6,205,141	 	US	 	06-30-1999	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UN-TAGGED COMMAND QUEUING

        Keith M. Arroyo

	6,314,488	 	US	 	05-12-1998	 	
        SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING A FIBRE CHANNEL ARBITRATED
        LOOP TO A PLURALITY OF LOGICAL SUB-LOOPS USING SEGEMENTATION ROUTER AS A MASTER TO CAUSE THE SEGMENTATION OF PHYSICAL ADDRESSES

        Brian R. Smith

	6,341,315	 	US	 	02-26-1999	 	
        STREAMING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIBRE CHANNEL
        NETWORK DEVICES

        Keith M. Arroyo

	6,392,570	 	US	 	09-14-2000	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECODING 8-BIT/10-BIT
        DATA USING LIMITED WIDTH DECODERS

        Thomas W. Bucht

	6,643,693	 	US	 	09-15-1998	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING I/O TRANSMISSIONS
        IN A FIBRE CHANNEL NETWORK AFTER A BREAK IN COMMUNICATION

        Robert A. Reynolds



 




    	 



    	 



    

 


	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	6,650,656	 	US	 	02-28-2002	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONCILING EXTENDED
        COPY COMMAND TARGET DESCRIPTOR LENGTHS

        John F. Tyndall

	6,654,824	 	US	 	10-03-2001	 	
        HIGH-SPEED DYNAMIC MULTI-LANE DESKEWER

        Diego Fernando Vila

	6,668,290	 	US	 	10-24-2000	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING READOUT
        OF FRAME DATA FROM BUFFER

        Michael A. Nelson

	6,704,809	 	US	 	02-28-2002	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OVERLAPPING DATA FLOW
        WITHIN A SCSI EXTENDED COPY COMMAND

        John F. Tyndall

	6,704,836	 	US	 	11-13-2002	 	
        METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF CONCURRENT EXTENDED
        COPY TASKS

        Robert M. Griswold, Jr.

	6,718,402	 	US	 	11-29-2000	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSISTENT UNIT ATTENTION
        IN A FIBRE CHANNEL STORAGE ROUTER

        Keith Arroyo

	6,757,348	 	US	 	10-04-2001	 	
        HIGH-SPEED COORDINATED MULTI-CHANNEL ELASTIC
        BUFFER

        Diego Fernando Vila

	6,804,753	 	US	 	10-04-2002	 	
        PARTITIONED LIBRARY

        William H. Moody II

	6,848,007	 	US	 	11-10-2000	 	
        A SYSTEM FOR MAPPING ADDRESSES OF SCSI DEVICES
        BETWEEN PLURALITY OF SANS THAT CAN DYNAMICALLY MAP SCSI DEVICE ADDRESSES ACROSS A SAN EXTENDER

        Robert Allen Reynolds

	6,894,979	 	US	 	04-24-2001	 	
        NETWORK ANALYZER/SNIFFER WITH MULTIPLE PROTOCOL
        CAPABILITIES

        David G. Lee

	6,922,391	 	US	 	11-07-2000	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECREASING ROUTING LATENCY
        FOR SWITCHING PLATFORMS WITH VARIABLE CONFIGURATION

        Steve King

	6,965,934	 	US	 	11-10-2000	 	
        ENCAPSULATION PROTOCOL FOR LINKING STORAGE
        AREA NETWORKS OVER A PACKET-BASED NETWORK

        Robert A. Reynolds

	6,970,942	 	US	 	11-07-2000	 	
        METHOD OF ROUTING HTTP AND FTP SERVICES ACROSS
        HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS

        Steve King

	6,977,897	 	US	 	10-24-2000	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JITTER COMPENSATION
        IN DATA TRANSFERS

        Michael A. Nelson

	7,024,591	 	US	 	07-12-2002	 	
        MECHANISM FOR ENABLING ENHANCED FIBRE CHANNEL
        ERROR RECOVERY ACROSS REDUNDANT PATHS USING SCSI LEVEL COMMANDS

        William H. Moody II

	7,127,572	 	US	 	02-19-2004	 	
        CONSOLIDATION OF UNIT ATTENTIONS

        John F. Tyndall

	7,185,028	 	US	 	03-11-2003	 	
        DATA FILES SYSTEMS WITH HIERARCHICAL RANKING
        FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITY GROUPS

        Ulrich Lechner



 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	7,251,708	 	US	 	08-07-2003	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING AND REPORTING
        A LOG OF MULTI-THREADED BACKUPS

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,254,329	 	US	 	03-05-2004	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-INITIATOR SUPPORT
        TO STREAMING DEVICES IN A FIBRE CHANNEL NETWORK

        Robert A. Reynolds

	7,310,696	 	US	 	01-27-2005	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING INTEROPERABILITY
        BETWEEN DEVICES OF VARYING CAPABILITIES IN A NETWORK

        John B. Haechten

	7,327,223	 	US	 	01-26-2005	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING MANAGEMENT
        INFORMATION OVER POWER NETWORKS

        Bryan Schlinger

	7,333,489	 	US	 	10-24-2000	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING FRAME HEADER
        DATA

        Michael A. Nelson

	7,350,114	 	US	 	09-01-2005	 	
        MECHANISM FOR ENABLING ENHANCED FIBRE CHANNEL
        ERROR RECOVERY ACROSS REDUNDANT PATHS USING SCSI LEVEL COMMANDS

        William H. Moody II

	7,370,173	 	US	 	01-28-2005	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING CONTIGUOUS
        ELEMENT ADDRESSES FOR A PARTITIONED MEDIA LIBRARY

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,415,564	 	US	 	08-15-2007	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING INTEROPERABILITY
        BETWEEN DEVICES OF VARYING FUNCTIONALITY IN A NETWORK

        John B. Haechten

	7,424,075	 	US	 	07-31-2003	 	
        PSEUDORANDOM DATA PATTERN VERIFIER WITH AUTOMATIC
        SYNCHRONIZATION

        Diego F. Vila

	7,428,613	 	US	 	06-29-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTRALIZED PARTITIONED
        LIBRARY MAPPING

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,447,852	 	US	 	12-22-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE AND ERROR REPORTING
        FOR MULTIPLE CONCURRENT EXTENDED COPY COMMANDS TO A SINGLE DESTINATION DEVICE

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,448,049	 	US	 	08-22-2003	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING KERNEL FUNCTIONALITY

        Lisheng Xing

	7,451,291	 	US	 	01-28-2005	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODE SELECT HANDLING
        FOR A PARTITIONED MEDIA LIBRARY

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,453,348	 	US	 	06-18-2007	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING MANAGEMENT
        INFORMATION OVER POWER NETWORKS

        Bryan Schlinger

	7,454,565	 	US	 	06-29-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PARTITIONED
        LIBRARY MAPPING

        Steven A. Justiss



 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	7,500,047	 	US	 	12-03-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING COMMANDS

        John F. Tyndall

	7,505,980	 	US	 	11-07-2003	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO
        MULTIPLE PHYSICAL MEDIA LIBRARIES

        John F. Tyndall

	7,508,756	 	US	 	03-28-2005	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECREASING ROUTING LATENCY
        FOR SWITCHING PLATFORMS WITH VARIABLE CONFIGURATION

        Steve King

	7,509,330	 	US	 	09-03-2004	 	
        APPLICATION-LAYER MONITORING OF COMMUNICATION
        BETWEEN ONE OR MORE DATABASE CLIENTS AND ONE OR MORE DATABASE SERVERS

        David B. Ewing

	7,529,753	 	US	 	09-03-2004	 	
        PROVIDING APPLICATION-LAYER FUNCTIONALITY
        BETWEEN ONE OR MORE DATABASE CLIENTS AND ONE OR MORE DATABASE SERVERS

        David B. Ewing

	7,552,294	 	US	 	12-22-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE
        CONCURRENT EXTENDED COPY COMMANDS TO A SINGLE DESTINATION DEVICE

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,584,190	 	US	 	02-16-2007	 	
        DATA FILES SYSTEMS WITH HIERARCHICAL RANKING
        FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITY GROUPS

        Ulrich Lechner

	7,584,318	 	US	 	11-02-2007	 	
        APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING INTEROPERABILITY
        BETWEEN DEVICES OF VARYING CAPABILITIES IN A NETWORK

        John B. Haechten

	7,603,449	 	US	 	06-10-2002	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INQUIRY CACHING

        Stephen G. Dale

	7,711,805	 	US	 	12-22-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMAND TRACKING

        Stephen G. Dale

	7,711,871	 	US	 	08-30-2004	 	
        INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMAND PROCESSING

        John B. Haechten

	7,711,913	 	US	 	04-20-2007	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKING UP EXTENDED
        COPY COMMANDS

        William H. Moody II

	7,716,406	 	US	 	03-01-2006	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSISTENT RESERVATION
        HANDLING IN A MULTI-INITIATOR ENVIRONMENT

        John F. Tyndall

	7,752,384	 	US	 	11-07-2003	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO
        MEDIA LIBRARIES

        William H. Moody II

	7,752,416	 	US	 	09-25-2008	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PARTITIONED
        LIBRARY MAPPING

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,788,413	 	US	 	04-29-2005	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING COMMANDS REQUESTING
        MOVEMENT OF A DATA STORAGE MEDIUM BETWEEN PHYSICAL MEDIA LIBRARIES

        Steven A. Justiss



 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	7,827,261	 	US	 	12-22-2004	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT

        Robert M. Griswold, Jr.

	7,831,621	 	US	 	09-27-2007	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUMMARIZING AND REPORTING
        IMPACT OF DATABASE STATEMENTS

        Kevin Banks

	7,895,160	 	US	 	01-26-2009	 	
        APPLICATION-LAYER MONITORING OF COMMUNICATION
        BETWEEN ONE OR MORE DATABASE CLIENTS AND ONE OR MORE DATABASE SERVERS

        David B. Ewing

	7,899,945	 	US	 	04-30-2010	 	
        INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMAND PROCESSING

        John B. Haechten

	7,904,539	 	US	 	03-13-2009	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICING INQUIRY COMMANDS
        ABOUT TARGET DEVICES IN STORAGE AREA NETWORK

        Stephen G. Dale

	7,908,252	 	US	 	03-19-2008	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PATHS TO A
        DATABASE

        Matthew Eugene Landt

	7,908,366	 	US	 	02-01-2008	 	
        MEDIA LIBRARY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

        Robert C. Sims

	7,912,053	 	US	 	03-23-2009	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECREASING ROUTING LATENCY
        FOR SWITCHING PLATFORMS WITH VARIABLE CONFIGURATION

        Steve King

	7,941,597	 	US	 	06-07-2010	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO
        MEDIA LIBRARIES

        William H. Moody II

	7,962,513	 	US	 	10-30-2006	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING AND IMPLEMENTING
        POLICIES IN A DATABASE SYSTEM

        David Boles

	7,971,006	 	US	 	01-28-2005	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING STATUS COMMANDS
        DIRECTED TO PARTITIONED MEDIA LIBRARY

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,971,019	 	US	 	02-23-2009	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO
        MULTIPLE PHYSICAL MEDIA LIBRARIES

        John F. Tyndall

	7,974,215	 	US	 	02-04-2008	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NETWORK DIAGNOSIS

        Robert C. Sims

	7,975,124	 	US	 	04-16-2010	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PARTITIONED
        LIBRARY MAPPING

        Steven A. Justiss

	7,984,073	 	US	 	06-15-2005	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE MANAGEMENT
        IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM

        Jack Basiago

	8,156,215	 	US	 	10-29-2010	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT

        Robert M. Griswold, Jr.



 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	8,250,378	 	US	 	02-04-2008	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ENCRYPTION

        Robert C. Sims

	8,271,673	 	US	 	08-09-2004	 	
        STREAMING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIBRE CHANNEL
        NETWORK DEVICES

        Keith M. Arroyo

	8,341,211	 	US	 	09-14-2007	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INQUIRY CACHING IN A
        STORAGE AREA NETWORK

        Stephen G. Dale

	
        11/801,809

        US 2008/0282265
	 	US	 	05-11-2007	 	
        METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-INTRUSIVE MONITORING
        OF LIBRARY COMPONENTS

        Michael R. Foster

	
        12/025,436

        US 2009/0198737
	 	US	 	02-04-2008	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARCHIVE VERIFICATION

        Robert C. Sims

	
        12/115,218

        US 2009/0274300
	 	US	 	05-05-2008	 	
        METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE ENCRYPTION POLICY
        FOR A FIBRE CHANNEL DEVICE

        Patrick S. Tou

	
        12/692,403

        US 2010/0182887
	 	US	 	01-22-2010	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FAILING
        DRIVES OR MEDIA IN MEDIA LIBRARY

        William H. Moody II

	
        13/042,209

        US 2011/0161584
	 	US	 	03-07-2011	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INQUIRY CACHING IN A
        STORAGE AREA NETWORK

        Stephen G. Dale

	
        13/091,877

        US 2011/0194451
	 	US	 	04-21-2011	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NETWORK DIAGNOSIS

        Robert C. Sims

	
        13/312,068

        US 2012/0079131
	 	US	 	12-06-2011	 	
        STREAMING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIBRE CHANNEL
        NETWORK DEVICES

        Keith M. Arroyo

	
        13/430,429

        US 2012/0185589
	 	US	 	03-26-2012	 	
        MEDIA LIBRARY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

        Robert C. Sims

	
        13/459,720

        US 2012/0221597
	 	US	 	04-30-2012	 	
        MEDIA LIBRARY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

        Robert C. Sims

	
        13/685,539

        US 2013/0080568
	 	US	 	11-26-2012	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING INQUIRY DATA
        ABOUT SEQUENTIAL ACCESS DEVICES

        Stephen G. Dale

	AU 737205	 	AU	 	05-29-1998	 	
        ERROR DETECTION AND RECOVERY FOR SEQUENTIAL
        ACCESS DEVICES IN A FIBRE CHANNEL PROTOCOL

        Geoffrey B. Hoese

	EP 2 526 488	 	EP	 	01-18-2011	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FAILING
        DRIVES OR MEDIA IN MEDIA LIBRARY

        William H. Moody

	12/025,300	 	US	 	 	 	
        DETERMINING, DISPLAYING AND USING TAPE DRIVE
        SESSION INFORMATION

         

	12/201,956	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TO DRIVE SPECIFIC
        CRITERIA

         

	12/888,954	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING PERFORMANCE
        IMPACT OF INFORMATION COLLECTION FROM MEDIA DRIVES

         



 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	12/861,609	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARCHIVE VERIFICATION
        ACCORDING TO POLICIES

         

	12/861,612	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARCHIVE VERIFICATION
        USING MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS

         

	13/109,192	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A NETWORKED
        FILE SYSTEM UTILIZING A MEDIA LIBRARY

         

	13/267,758	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR OPTIMIZATION OF TAPE PERFORMANCE

         

	13/267,763	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR OPTIMIZATION OF TAPE PERFORMANCE USING DISTRIBUTED FILE COPIES

         

	13/267,665	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR TRICKLING DATA TO A HOST

         

	13/267,743	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR RETRIEVING A FILE AFTER AN ERROR

         

	13/451,812	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR A SELF-DESCRIBING TAPE

         

	13/847,965	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DATA RELIABILITY
        AND RECOVERING FROM MEDIA ERRORS

         

	13/531,310	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR HOST SYSTEM LTFS AUTO-ADAPTATION

         

	13/532,512	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR CONTROLLING FILE MIGRATION IN ARCHIVING SYSTEMS

         

	13/532,518	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA WRITTEN TO TAPE AND RECOVERING IN THE CASE OF FAILURE

         

	13/485,060	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR RECOVERING STUB FILES

         

	13/614,857	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR PARTIALLY SYNCHRONOUS AND PARTIALLY ASYNCHRONOUS MOUNTS/UNMOUNTS IN A MEDIA LIBRARY

         

	13/459,531	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A MEMORY BUFFER
        TO STREAM DATA FROM A TAPE TO MULTIPLE CLIENTS

         



 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	13/480,781	 	US	 	 	 	
        SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
        FOR TAMPER PROTECTION IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM

         

	102 11 606	 	 	 	 	 	 
	PCT/US13/038755	 	 	 	 	 	 


 


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patents and patent applications (i) to which any of the Patents directly or indirectly claims priority; or (ii) for which any of
the Patents directly or indirectly forms a basis for priority;


 


(c)          all
reissues, reexaminations, extensions, continuations, continuations in part, continuing prosecution applications, requests for continuing
examinations, divisions, registrations of any item in any of the foregoing categories (a) and (b);


 


(d)          all
foreign patents, patent applications, and counterparts relating to any item in any of the foregoing categories (a) through
(c), including, without limitation, certificates of invention, utility models, industrial design protection, design patent protection,
and other governmental grants or issuances; 


 


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items in any of the foregoing in categories (b) through (d), whether or not expressly listed as Patents above and whether or not
claims in any of the foregoing have been rejected, withdrawn, cancelled, or the like;


 


(f)           inventions,
invention disclosures, and discoveries described in any of the Patents or any item in the foregoing categories (b) through (e)
that (i) are included in any claim in the Patents or any item in the foregoing categories (b) through (e); (ii) are subject matter
capable of being reduced to a patent claim in a reissue or reexamination proceeding brought on any of the Patents or any item in
the foregoing categories (b) through (e); or (iii) could have been included as a claim in any of the Patents or any item in the
foregoing categories (b) through (e), except to the extent any such inventions, invention disclosures,
discoveries or items in the foregoing categories (b)-(e) described in this category (f) are, or are described or claimed in, any
patent or patent application of Assignor that is not being assigned through this Agreement;


 


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rights to apply in any or all countries of the world for patents, certificates of invention, utility models, industrial design
protections, design patent protections, or other governmental grants or issuances of any type related to any item in any of the
foregoing categories (a) through (f), including, without limitation, under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
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causes of action (whether known or unknown or whether currently pending, filed, or otherwise) and other enforcement rights under,
or on account of, any of the Patents or any item in any of the foregoing categories (b) through (g), including, without limitation,
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rights to collect royalties and other payments under or on account of any of the Patents or any item in any of the foregoing categories
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Assignor hereby authorizes the respective
patent office or governmental agency in each jurisdiction to issue any and all patents, certificates of invention, utility models
or other governmental grants or issuances that may be granted upon any of the Patent Rights in the name of Assignee, as the assignee
to the entire interest therein, subject to licenses to certain third parties.  


 


Assignor represents and warrants to Assignee,
except as set forth on the Schedule of Exceptions attached as Exhibit A, which exceptions shall be deemed to be part
of the representations and warranties made hereunder, as follows:


 


(1)         Assignor
is a company duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its formation jurisdiction. Assignor has the
full power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and convey the Patent Rights to Assignee.


 


(2)         Assignor
owns all right, title, and interest to the Patent Rights and the Patents are all of the currently existing patents and patent applications
of Assignor, with the exception of US Patent Nos. 7,603,449, 7,904,539, and 8,341,211 and U.S. Patent Application Serial Nos. 13/042,209
and 13/685,539 (including any patents or applications claiming priority to the foregoing), each of which is jointly assigned to
Assignor and Hewlett-Packard Company. Assignor has obtained and properly recorded previously executed assignments for the Patent
Rights as necessary to fully perfect its rights and title therein in accordance with governing law and regulations in each respective
jurisdiction. Except for the security interest granted by Assignor to Fortress Credit Co LLC, the Patent Rights are free
and clear of all security interests or other encumbrances of any kind.   There are no actions, suits, investigations, claims,
or proceedings threatened, pending, or in progress relating in any way to the Patent Rights. To the Assignor's knowledge, based
on reasonable due diligence and investigation conducted at the time of filing, all inventors named on the Patents are true and
correct.


 


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is no obligation imposed by a standards-setting organization to license any of the Patents on particular terms or conditions. 
No licenses under the Patents have been granted to any other third party and Assignee will not be subject to any covenant not
to sue or other restrictions on its enforcement or enjoyment of the Patent Rights.


 


(4)         Except
as set forth in the Schedule of Exceptions, none of the Patents has ever been found invalid, unpatentable, or unenforceable for
any reason in any proceeding and Assignor does not know of and has not received any notice or information of any kind suggesting
that the Patents may be invalid, unpatentable, or unenforceable, other than official notices from patent offices in the course
of patent prosecution. To the extent “small entity” fees were paid to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
for any Patent, such reduced fees were then appropriate because the payor qualified to pay “small entity” fees at the
time of such payment and specifically had not licensed rights in any of the Patents to an entity that was not a “small entity.”
If any of the Patents are terminally disclaimed to another patent or patent application, all patents and patent applications subject
to such terminal disclaimer are included in the Patents.


 


(5)         To
Assignor’s knowledge none of Assignor, any prior owner, or their respective agents or representatives have engaged in any
conduct, or omitted to perform any necessary act, the result of which would invalidate any of the Patents or hinder their enforcement. 


 




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(6)         Assignor
has not (a) put a third party on notice of actual or potential infringement of any of the Patents; (b) invited any third party
to enter into a license under any of the Patents; or (c) initiated any enforcement action with respect to any of the Patents.


 


(7)         Except
as may have been disclosed by Assignor to Assignee, none of the Patents has been or is currently involved in any reexamination,
supplemental examination, reissue, interference proceeding, or any similar proceeding, and no such proceedings are pending or threatened.


 


(8)         All
maintenance fees, annuities, and other amounts due or payable on the Patents have been timely paid.


 


Assignor will, at the
reasonable request of Assignee, and provided Assignee bears the cost of doing so, do all things reasonably within its power and
that are necessary, proper, or advisable, including without limitation, the execution, acknowledgment, and recordation of specific
assignments, oaths, declarations, and other documents on a country-by-country basis, to assist Assignee in obtaining, perfecting,
sustaining, or enforcing the Patent Rights.


 


The terms and conditions
of this Assignment of Patent Rights will inure to the benefit of Assignee, its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives
and will be binding upon Assignor, its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives.


 


This Assignment will
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to its rules of conflict of law,
except Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law; provided, however, that the prosecution, perfection, issuance, maintenance,
validity and enforceability of any Patent Rights arising under the laws of any other jurisdiction, and the interpretation and enforceability
of any rights granted under such Patent Rights, will be governed by the laws of that jurisdiction without reference to choice of
law principles to the contrary. Assignor hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal
court sitting in the County of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Assignment, and
Assignor hereby agrees and consents that, in addition to any methods of service of process provided for under applicable law, all
service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any New York State or Federal court sitting in the County of New York
may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or overnight mail with a reputable national carrier, directed
to the Assignor at the address indicated above, and service so made shall be complete five (5) days after the same shall have been
so mailed (one day in the case of an overnight mail service).


 


This Assignment represents the entire agreement
about the subject matter of this Assignment and supersedes prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings,
representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Assignment merge into this Assignment.


 


[Signature page follows.]


 




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Assignment of Patent Rights is executed
on July 22, 2013.


 


ASSIGNOR:


 


CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.


 


	By:	/s/ Richard K. Coleman, Jr.	 
	 	 	 
	Name:	Richard K. Coleman, Jr.	 
	 	 	 
	Title:	Interim President and CEO	 


(Signature MUST be attested.)


 


ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURE
UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1746


 


The undersigned witnessed
the signature of _Richard K. Coleman, Jr._ to the above Assignment of Patent Rights on behalf of Crossroads Systems, Inc.
and makes the following statements:


 


		1.	I am over the age of 18 and competent to testify as to the facts in this Attestation block if called
upon to do so.



 


		2.	_ Richard K. Coleman, Jr.__ is personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence) and appeared before me on July 22, 2013 to execute the above Assignment of Patent Rights on behalf of Crossroads Systems,
Inc.



 


		3.	_ Richard K. Coleman, Jr.______ subscribed to the above Assignment of Patent Rights on behalf
of Crossroads Systems, Inc.



 


I declare under penalty
of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the statements made in the three (3) numbered Sections immediately
above are true and correct.


 


EXECUTED on __July
22, 2013______(date)


 


__Tracy R. Coleman__________________


 


Print Name: __ Tracy
R. Coleman_______


 


[Signature and Attestation
Page to Crossroads Patent Assignment]





 




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Exhibit A


 


Schedule of Exceptions


 


(2); (3) Right, Title and Interest; Licenses/Covenants.
Each of the parties identified below has license rights and/or a covenant not to be sued under one or more of the Patents under
the terms of the agreements identified below:


 


(i) Crossroads Systems, Inc. - Non-Exclusive
License Agreement between Crossroads IP I, L.P. and Crossroads Systems, Inc. providing Crossroads Systems, Inc. a license under
the Patents;


 


(ii) HP/3Par - Confidential Settlement
and License Agreement between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard and 3Par, Inc. dated October 17, 2011;


 


(iii) Brocade - Patent License Agreement
between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Brocade Communications Switzerland SarL dated June 4, 2006 and Patent License Agreement Amendment
1 dated October 26, 2007;


 


(iv) EMC - Development Agreement between
Crossroads Systems, Inc. and EMC Corporation dated March 18, 2003;


 


(v) Hitachi - License Agreement between
Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd. dated September 15, 2003;


 


(vi) IBM - License Agreement between
Crossroads Systems, Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation dated June 24, 2011;


 


(vii) Microsoft - Microsoft-Crossroads
Patent Cross License Agreement between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation dated October 28, 2010;


 


(viii) Overland - Settlement Agreement
between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Overland Storage, Inc. dated May 18, 2010;


 


(ix) QLogic - Settlement Agreement between
Crossroads Systems, Inc. and QLogic Corporation dated March 26, 2010;


 


(x) Stonefly - Patent License Agreement
between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Stonefly Networks, Inc. dated February 20, 2004;


 


(xi) Symantec - Patent License Agreement
between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and Symantec Corporation dated June 17, 2009; and


 


(xii) XIOtech - Patent License Agreement
between Crossroads Systems, Inc. and XIOtech Corp. dated July 2003.


 


(3) Standards Setting Organizations. Crossroads
is or has been a member of the following standards bodies: Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), International Committee
for Information Technology Standards (INCITS), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and National Committee for Information Technology
Standards (NCITS), collectively referred to as “Crossroads Standards Organizations.” Each of the Crossroads Standards
Organizations has, or has had, one or more policies over the years regarding intellectual property of its members and potential
obligations, or lack thereof, regarding licensing of same.


 


[Exhibit A to Crossroads
Patent Assignment]


 




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(6) Notice/Invitations. To the Assignor's
knowledge, based on reasonable due diligence and investigation, Crossroads has provided notice to third parties regarding actual/potential
infringement and/or provided an invitation to license certain of the Patents as outlined below:


 


(i) Crossroads, through its general
counsel Patricia Prince, may invited third parties prior to 2002 to license one or more of the Patents that issued prior to 2003.


 


(ii) Crossroads sent the following companies
letters inviting them to take a license to one or both of US Patent Nos. 6,041,381 and 6,138,161 (two of the Patents): 


		a.	ATTO Technology, Inc.



		b.	Bakbone Software, Inc.



		c.	Cereva Networks, Inc.



		d.	Ciprico, Inc.



		e.	Cisco Systems, Inc.



		f.	CMD Technology, Inc.



		g.	CommVault Systems, Inc.



		h.	Computer Associates International, Inc.



		i.	Computer Network Technology Corporation



		j.	Datacore Software Corporation



		k.	DataDirect Networks, Inc.



		l.	Dot Hill Systems Corporation



		m.	EMC Corporation



		n.	Emulex Corporation



		o.	Falconstor Software, Inc.



		p.	FileFish, Inc.



		q.	Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.



		r.	Gadzook Networks



		s.	Hitachi, Ltd



		t.	International Business Machines Corporation



		u.	IIS Intelligent Information Systems, LTD



		v.	Infortrend Corporation



		w.	InRange Technologies Corporation



		x.	Integrix, Inc.



		y.	InterSAN, Inc.



		z.	KOM, Inc.



		aa.	Legato Systems, Inc.



		bb.	McData Corporation



		cc.	MTI Technology Corp.



		dd.	National Semiconductor Corporation



		ee.	NearTek, Inc.



		ff.	Nexsan Corporation



		gg.	Nishan Systems, Inc.



		hh.	OTC Software, Inc.



		ii.	Panasas, LLC



		jj.	Pirus Networks, Inc.



		kk.	Prisa Networks, Inc.



		ll.	Prismedia



		mm.	QLogic Corporation



 




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		nn.	Raidtec Corporation



		oo.	Rhapsody Networks, Inc.



		pp.	SANavigator, Inc.



		qq.	SanCastle Technologies, Inc.



		rr.	SanGate Systems, Inc.



		ss.	San One, Inc.



		tt.	SanRise, Inc.



		uu.	SAN Valley Systems, Inc.



		vv.	Spectralogic Corporation



		ww.	Storage Computer Corporation



		xx.	Storage Networks, Inc.



		yy.	Storage Networking Technologies, Ltd



		zz.	Topspin Communications, Inc.



		aaa.	Troika Networks, Inc.



		bbb.	TrueSan Networks, Inc.



		ccc.	Vicom Systems, Inc.



		ddd.	Vixel Corporation



		eee.	Xiotech Corporation



		fff.	Yotta Yotta, Inc.



		ggg.	ZZYZX Peripherals, Inc.



 




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Exhibit B


 


‘972 Patents


 


	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	5,941,972	 	US	 	12-31-1997	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6,421,753	 	US	 	7-15-1999	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6,425,036	 	US	 	9-27-2001	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6,425,035	 	US	 	9-27-2001	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6,789,152	 	US	 	2-22-2002	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6,738,854	 	US	 	6-19-2002	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6,763,419	 	US	 	2-10-2003	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,051,147	 	US	 	9-9-2003	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,340,549	 	US	 	2-14-2006	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,689,754	 	US	 	9-7-2007	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,552,266	 	US	 	9-7-2007	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,694,058	 	US	 	9-7-2007	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8,046,515	 	US	 	10-31-2007	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,984,221	 	US	 	11-29-2007	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	US RE42,761	 	US	 	7-24-2008	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B. 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,937,517	 	US	 	9-2-2009	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 


 




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	Patent or

application no.	 	Country	 	Filing Date

(mm-dd-yyyy)	 	Title of Patent and First Named Inventor
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,934,040	 	US	 	9-2-2009	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8,015,339	 	US	 	9-2-2009	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,934,041	 	US	 	1-10-2010	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,984,224	 	US	 	10-22-2010	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8,028,117	 	US	 	10-22-2010	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8,402,193	 	US	 	10-22-2010	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7,987,311	 	US	 	10-22-2010	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8,402,194	 	US	 	8-3-2011	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage; Hoese Geoffrey B.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	13/766,301	 	US	 	2-13-2013	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CA 2,315,199	 	CA	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DE 69832818.3	 	DE	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage..
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1 044 414	 	EP, FR, GB	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage..
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4691251	 	JP	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage.
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EP 05027161

EP 1 696 638	 	EP	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage. 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EP 10012770.3

EP 2 375 699	 	EP	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage. 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	EP 10012768.7

EP 2 375 698	 	EP	 	12-28-1998	 	Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage


 




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