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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit reclassed to definite-lived assets.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Sum of the carrying amounts of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date, net of accumulated amortization and impairment charges.

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Intangible assets and goodwill - Indefinite-lived Intangibles (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Impairment		$ (33,384)
Intangible assets, net	$ 705,891	705,891	$ 724,841
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Beginning Balance		576,500
Reclass from Indefinite-Lived to Definite-Lived		(89,550)
Impairment		(33,384)
Ending Balance	$ 453,566	$ 453,566
Indefinite-lived intangible assets \| Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Income Method \| Discount Rate
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Indefinite-lived intangible asset, measurement input	0.15	0.15
Indefinite-lived intangible assets \| Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Income Method \| Probability of success \| Weighted Average
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Indefinite-lived intangible asset, measurement input	0.88	0.88
Indefinite-lived intangible assets \| Upstaza
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Beginning Balance		$ 358,700
Reclass from Indefinite-Lived to Definite-Lived		(89,550)
Impairment	$ (33,400)	(33,384)
Ending Balance	235,766	235,766
Indefinite-lived intangible assets \| PTC-FA
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Beginning Balance		112,500
Impairment		0
Ending Balance	112,500	112,500
Indefinite-lived intangible assets \| PTC-AS
Indefinite-lived intangibles
Beginning Balance		105,300
Ending Balance	$ 105,300	$ 105,300