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Intangible Assets Schedule of Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Schedule of Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of our intangible assets, other than goodwill, were as follows:
| September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| Gross Assets |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross Assets |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
| (in thousands)
Core-developed technology | $ | 414,289 |  |  | $ | (361,336 | ) |  | $ | 52,953 |  |  | $ | 428,890 |  |  | $ | (356,017 | ) |  | $ | 72,873 |
Customer contracts and relationships | 274,073 |  |  | (176,036 | ) |  | 98,037 |  |  | 291,185 |  |  | (173,952 | ) |  | 117,233 |
Trademarks and trade names | 70,046 |  |  | (66,146 | ) |  | 3,900 |  |  | 73,117 |  |  | (67,449 | ) |  | 5,668 |
Other | 11,584 |  |  | (11,042 | ) |  | 542 |  |  | 11,089 |  |  | (11,023 | ) |  | 66 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 769,992 |  |  | $ | (614,560 | ) |  | $ | 155,432 |  |  | $ | 804,281 |  |  | $ | (608,441 | ) |  | $ | 195,840 |
Summary of Intangible Asset Account Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of intangible asset activity is as follows:
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance, intangible assets, gross | $ | 804,281 |  |  | $ | 802,540 |
Intangible assets acquired | 1,453 |  |  | (1,500 | )
Effect of change in exchange rates | (35,742 | ) |  | (3,000 | )
Ending balance, intangible assets, gross | $ | 769,992 |  |  | $ | 798,040 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | Estimated future annual amortization expense is as follows:
Years ending December 31, |  | Estimated Annual Amortization
|  | (in thousands)
2014 (amount remaining at September 30, 2014) |  | $ | 10,701 |
2015 |  | 34,505 |
2016 |  | 27,234 |
2017 |  | 20,169 |
2018 |  | 14,102 |
Beyond 2018 |  | 48,721 |
Total intangible assets subject to amortization |  | $ | 155,432 |

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