INTANGIBLE ASSETS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NOTE D – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

Impairment Charges

 

We recorded $4.2 million in impairment charges for trade names, technology and goodwill as of June 30, 2016. The Omnilink and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) product lines and reporting units had not generated results of operations consistent with our expectations and forecasts for the three months ended June 30, 2016. The lower operating results and future expectations for Omnilink were principally related to strategic changes and delays associated with the launch of a new personal tracking product line. We also continue to evaluate different strategic options for the DIY reporting unit. These factors were triggering events that indicated that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the Omnilink and DIY reporting units were less than their carrying amounts. As a result, we performed initial assessments of goodwill for impairment, along with other intangible assets of the reporting units, as of June 30, 2016. No triggering events were identified as of June 30, 2017.

  

We estimated the fair value of the reporting units using a combination of market and income approaches and concluded that the estimated fair value of the Omnilink and DIY reporting units were less than their carrying values. We assessed the implied fair value of goodwill in the same manner as if we were acquiring the reporting units in a business combination. Specifically, we allocated the estimated fair value of the reporting units to all of the assets and liabilities of those units, including any unrecognized intangible assets, in a hypothetical calculation, referred to as Step Two. We assessed the amortizing long-lived assets for impairment based on undiscounted cash flows and concluded that, with the exception of DIY technology, the carrying values of other amortizing long-lived assets and intangible assets were recoverable.

 

Based on Step Two calculations, we recorded non-cash impairment charges as of June 30, 2016 of $1.6 million for indefinite-lived trade names and $2.3 million for goodwill of the Omnilink reporting unit, and $0.1 million for technology and $0.2 million for goodwill of the DIY reporting unit.

 

    Omnilink     DIY     Total  
    Trade Names     Goodwill     Technology     Goodwill     Impairment  
January 1, 2016   $ 2,972     $ 17,580     $ 245     $ 1,656          
Amortization     -       -       (18 )     -          
Impairment     (1,612 )     (2,264 )     (81 )     (215 )   $ (4,172 )
June 30, 2016   $ 1,360     $ 15,316     $ 146     $ 1,441          

 

Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

 

Intangible assets other than goodwill are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

    As of June 30, 2017     As of December 31, 2016  
    Remaining 
Useful Lives
    Gross 
Carrying 
Amount
    Accumulated 
Amortization
    Net Book 
Value
    Gross 
Carrying 
Amount
    Accumulated 
Amortization
    Net Book 
Value
 
Purchased and developed software     1.9     $ 19,043     $ (14,391 )   $ 4,652     $ 18,205     $ (12,806 )   $ 5,399  
Software in development     n/a       1,166       -       1,166       1,131       -       1,131  
Total software             20,209       (14,391 )     5,818       19,336       (12,806 )     6,530  
Licenses     2.5       13,215       (12,787 )     428       13,215       (12,534 )     681  
Customer relationships     6.9       8,167       (3,416 )     4,751       8,167       (3,039 )     5,128  
Technologies     10.3       4,235       (899 )     3,336       4,235       (822 )     3,413  
Patents and trademarks     1.6       4,256       (2,568 )     1,688       3,747       (2,368 )     1,379  
Trade names     Indefinite       918       -       918       918       -       918  
Total other intangible assets             30,791       (19,670 )     11,121       30,282       (18,763 )     11,519  
            $ 51,000     $ (34,061 )   $ 16,939     $ 49,618     $ (31,569 )   $ 18,049  

 

Remaining useful lives in the preceding table were calculated on a weighted average basis as of June 30, 2017. We did not incur significant costs to renew or extend the term of acquired intangible assets during the three or six months ending June 30, 2017.

 

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $1.2 million and $2.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $1.3 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively. Amortization expense recorded in cost of subscription revenues was $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016. Additionally, we have capitalized approximately $0.7 million and $1.3 million of internally generated software development costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively.