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Selected Quarterly Results | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
SELECTED QUARTERLY RESULTS (Unaudited) [Abstract] |
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| SELECTED QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED)
The table below presents quarterly data for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:
| First |  | Second |  | Third |  | Fourth
| (In thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited)
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues (a) | $ | 57,844 |  |  | $ | 194,234 |  |  | $ | 77,622 |  |  | $ | 86,121 |
Net income applicable to InterDigital, Inc.'s common shareholders | $ | (1,861 | ) |  | $ | 78,901 |  |  | $ | 13,512 |  |  | $ | 13,790 |
Net income per common share — basic | $ | (0.05 | ) |  | $ | 1.95 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.37 |
Net income per common share — diluted | $ | (0.05 | ) |  | $ | 1.93 |  |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.36 |
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues (b) | $ | 47,363 |  |  | $ | 67,692 |  |  | $ | 110,623 |  |  | $ | 99,683 |
Net income applicable to InterDigital, Inc.'s common shareholders (c) | $ | (12,269 | ) |  | $ | 9,238 |  |  | $ | 26,660 |  |  | $ | 14,536 |
Net income per common share — basic | $ | (0.30 | ) |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 0.65 |  |  | $ | 0.35 |
Net income per common share — diluted | $ | (0.30 | ) |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |  |  | $ | 0.35 |
(a) In second quarter 2014, we recognized $119.9 million of past patent royalties primarily due to new patent license agreements. (b) In second quarter 2013, we recognized $23.5 million of past patent royalties as a result of an arbitration award. In third quarter 2013, we recognized $51.6 million of revenue that had been deferred pending the resolution of an arbitration relating to one of our technology solutions agreements. In fourth quarter 2013, we recognized $36.4 million of past patent royalties primarily as a result of an arbitration award. (c) In first quarter 2013, we incurred a repositioning charge of $1.5 million related to our remaining VERP participants. In first quarter 2013 and fourth quarter 2013, we recorded charges of $6.7 million and $15.0 million, respectively, related to impairments on our investment in other entities.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e765-108305 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e725-108305 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35737889&loc=d3e1280-108306 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 6 -Section G -Subsection 1 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-K (SK) -Number 229 -Section 302 -Paragraph a + Details
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