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Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Intangible Assets | Note F — Intangible Assets
|  | Weighted Average Amortization Period |  |  | Amortization Methods |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | Dollars in thousands |
December 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | 20 years |  |  | Accelerated |  | $ | 593,575 |  |  | $ | 351,764 |  |  | $ | 241,811 |
License agreements |  |  | 24 years |  |  | Accelerated and straight-line |  |  | 182,873 |  |  |  | 86,137 |  |  |  | 96,736 |
Other |  |  | 9 years |  |  | Straight-line |  |  | 12,138 |  |  |  | 7,775 |  |  |  | 4,363 |
Amortizable intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 342,910 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,090,642 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,433,552 |
|  | Weighted Average Amortization Period |  |  | Amortization Methods |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | Dollars in thousands |
December 2013 |  |  |  |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | 20 years |  |  | Accelerated |  | $ | 627,670 |  |  | $ | 210,231 |  |  | $ | 417,439 |
License agreements |  |  | 24 years |  |  | Accelerated and straight-line |  |  | 184,167 |  |  |  | 76,378 |  |  |  | 107,789 |
Other |  |  | 8 years |  |  | Straight-line |  |  | 16,057 |  |  |  | 9,533 |  |  |  | 6,524 |
Amortizable intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 531,752 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,428,449 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,960,201 |
In 2014, VF recorded impairment charges of $56.6 million for 7 For All Mankind® and $64.2 million for Splendid® and Ella Moss® to reduce the carrying values of their customer relationship assets to fair value. In addition, VF recorded impairment charges of $87.6 million for 7 For All Mankind® and $45.7 million for Splendid® and Ella Moss® to reduce the carrying values of their indefinite-lived trademarks to fair value. See Note T for additional information on the fair value measurements. Amortization expense (excluding impairment charges) for 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $42.1 million, $45.8 million and $47.9 million, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for the next five years is as follows:
Year |  | Amortization Expense |
|  | In millions |
2015 |  | $ | 32.3 |
2016 |  |  | 31.0 |
2017 |  |  | 29.7 |
2018 |  |  | 29.1 |
2019 |  |  | 28.5 |

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