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Amortizable Intangible Assets and Goodwill | 9 Months Ended
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Amortizable Intangible Assets and Goodwill |
Amortizable Intangible Assets and Goodwill |
12. Amortizable Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets The components of the Company’s intangible assets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | (In thousands) |
Patents (useful life of 3 to 10 years) |  | $ | 27,643 |  | $ | (12,042 | ) | $ | 15,601 |
Customer contracts and contractual relationships (useful life of 1 to 10 years) |  | 33,550 |  | (5,327 | ) | 28,223 |
Existing technology (useful life of 3 to 7 years) |  | 159,350 |  | (14,078 | ) | 145,272 |
Intellectual property (useful life of 4 years) |  | 10,384 |  | (10,384 | ) | — |
Non-competition agreement (useful life of 3 years) |  | 400 |  | (133 | ) | 267 |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 231,327 |  | $ | (41,964 | ) | $ | 189,363 |
|  | As of December 31, 2010 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | (In thousands) |
Patents (useful life of 3 to 10 years) |  | $ | 24,433 |  | $ | (9,361 | ) | $ | 15,072 |
Customer contracts and contractual relationships (useful life of 1 to 10 years) |  | 4,050 |  | (3,127 | ) | 923 |
Existing technology (useful life of 3 to 7 years) |  | 29,950 |  | (4,959 | ) | 24,991 |
Intellectual property (useful life of 4 years) |  | 10,384 |  | (10,384 | ) | — |
Non-competition agreement (useful life of 3 years) |  | 100 |  | (100 | ) | — |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 68,917 |  | $ | (27,931 | ) | $ | 40,986 |
Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $6.9 million and $12.9 million, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $1.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively. During the third quarter of 2011, the Company acquired semiconductor patents with a fair value of $3.2 million. During the second quarter of 2011, the Company acquired CRI. As part of the acquisition, the Company acquired the following intangible assets with fair values determined as of the acquisition date:
|  | Total |  | Estimated Useful Life |
|  | (in thousands) |  | (in years) |
Existing technology |  | $ | 129,400 |  | 7 |
Customer relationships |  | 17,300 |  | 7 |
Favorable contracts |  | 12,200 |  | 2 |
Non-competition agreements |  | 300 |  | 3 |
Total |  | $ | 159,200 |  |  |
The favorable contracts are acquired patent licensing agreements where the Company has no performance obligations. Cash received from these acquired favorable contracts will reduce the favorable contract intangible asset. During the third quarter of 2011, the Company received $1.1 million related to the favorable contracts. The estimated useful life is based on expected payment dates related to the favorable contracts. The group of purchased intangible assets has an estimated weighted average useful life of approximately 7 years from the date of acquisition. Refer to Note 16, “Acquisition” for additional details. The estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets as of September 30, 2011 was as follows (amounts in thousands):
Years Ending December 31: |  | Amount |
2011 (remaining 3 months) |  | $ | 8,384 |
2012 |  | 35,167 |
2013 |  | 32,101 |
2014 |  | 27,960 |
2015 |  | 27,309 |
Thereafter |  | 58,442 |
|  | $ | 189,363 |
Goodwill As a result of the CRI acquisition, the Company recorded approximately $97.0 million of goodwill. CRI is a new reporting unit within the NBG reportable segment which focuses on data security technology. Refer to Note 16, “Acquisition” for additional details. Goodwill information for each reporting unit is as follows:
|  | December 31, |  | Addition to |  | September 30, |
Reporting Units: |  | 2010 |  | Goodwill (1) |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands) |
SBG |  | $ | 4,454 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 4,454 |
CRI |  | — |  | 96,994 |  | 96,994 |
Lighting and Display Technology group (“LDT”) |  | 13,700 |  | — |  | 13,700 |
Total |  | $ | 18,154 |  | $ | 96,994 |  | $ | 115,148 |
(1) The addition to goodwill resulted from a business combination which was completed on June 3, 2011. See Note 16, “Acquisition” for further details. The SBG reporting unit represents the SBG reportable segment. Additionally, both the CRI and LDT reporting units are part of the NBG reportable segment. No goodwill was impaired as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

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