Opinion ID: 166601
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Royalty payment dispute

Text: 14 For the next two years, Gorelick received occasional payments from MACTEC, ranging from $1500 to $4500. Gorelick received the final payment on November 15, 2000. One month later, Gorelick learned from Stanford that MACTEC had canceled its licensing agreement for the NoVOCs technology. Gorelick then called executives at MACTEC who stated that since their relationship with Stanford had terminated, they no longer had royalty obligations to Gorelick. 15 Gorelick responded that his agreement with MACTEC was a separate legal obligation which he expected MACTEC to honor. In addition, Gorelick asked MACTEC for specific information regarding remediation wells for which he was entitled to receive payment because he felt that there had been inadequate reporting throughout the whole process. MACTEC did not provide the requested information, and instead alleged that the NoVOCs technology had caused the company as much as $3 million in damages. 16