---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-017758"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOPN"
cik: "0000771266"
company_name: "KOPIN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:07:56.020056+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kopin appeals $19.7M Blue Radios judgment; posts $23M bond via Rockland Trust loan

## Summary
- On Oct 7, 2025, Kopin appealed the $19.7M judgment in Blue Radios Inc. v. Kopin Corp.
- Bond amount $23M covers judgment, legal expenses, and expected appeal interest.
- Kopin deposited $23M as collateral and entered loan agreements with Rockland Trust to secure the bond via a letter of credit.
- Loan agreement provides up to $24.05M line (less other LOCs), matures July 1, 2026, secured by deposited cash.
- Judgment arises from Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-02052-JLK in U.S. District Court, D. Colorado.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-017758
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOPN
- cik: 0000771266
- company_name: KOPIN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315225017758/0001493152-25-017758-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315225017758/form8-k.htm

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