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Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Intangible Assets | Note E — Intangible Assets
|  | Weighted Average Amortization Period |  |  | Amortization Methods |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | In thousands |
December 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortizable intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships |  |  | 20 years |  |  | Accelerated |  | $ | 275,385 |  |  | $ | 119,338 |  |  | $ | 156,047 |
License agreements |  |  | 24 years |  |  | Accelerated and straight-line |  |  | 179,626 |  |  |  | 93,086 |  |  |  | 86,540 |
Other |  |  | 11 years |  |  | Straight-line |  |  | 5,636 |  |  |  | 2,193 |  |  |  | 3,443 |
Amortizable intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 246,030 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,866,589 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,112,619 |
|  | Weighted Average Amortization Period |  |  | Amortization Methods |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | 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 |
In 2015, VF recorded impairment charges of $40.5 million for 7 For All Mankind® and $11.7 million for Splendid® and Ella Moss® to write off their remaining customer relationship asset balances. In addition, VF recorded impairment charges of $76.1 million for 7 For All Mankind® and $15.3 million for Splendid® and Ella Moss® to reduce the carrying values of their indefinite-lived trademarks to fair value. 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. VF did not record any impairment charges in 2013. See Note S for additional information on the fair value measurements. Amortization expense (excluding impairment charges) for 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $28.6 million, $42.1 million and $45.8 million, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for the years 2016 through 2020 is $24.2 million, $22.9 million, $22.3 million, $21.6 million and 20.6 million, respectively.

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