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Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill Other Intangible Assets, net and Goodwill
Other Intangible Assets, net
The following tables summarize the gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company’s identifiable intangible assets by major class:
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
GrossAccumulated AmortizationNetGrossAccumulated AmortizationNet
Finite-lived intangible assets
Customer relationships$5,600,118 $(322,719)$5,277,399 $5,598,175 $(261,350)$5,336,825 
Databases and content1,842,783 (494,041)1,348,742 1,848,041 (464,683)1,383,358 
Computer software682,948 (238,093)444,855 658,976 (209,611)449,365 
Trade names16,779 (5,703)11,076 18,606 (2,360)16,246 
Backlog29,202 (7,738)21,464 29,216 (5,905)23,311 
Finite-lived intangible assets8,171,830 (1,068,294)7,103,536 8,153,014 (943,909)7,209,105 
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Trade names162,961 — 162,961 161,245 — 161,245 
Total intangible assets$8,334,791 $(1,068,294)$7,266,497 $8,314,259 $(943,909)$7,370,350 
Amortization amounted to $128,321 and $49,112 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
In June 2020, the Company acquired the assets of CustomersFirst Now for a purchase price of $6,446, which was accounted for as an asset acquisition. As a result, the Company's identifiable intangible assets increased by $6,446, which consisted of $5,446 of databases and content and $1,000 of computer software. The databases and process methodology and the computer software have a remaining weighted average amortization period of 5.0 years and 3.0 years, respectively. The total remaining weighted average amortization period is 4.7 years.
Goodwill
The change in the carrying amount of goodwill is shown below:
Science Segment
(As Restated)
Intellectual Property Segment
(As Restated)
Consolidated Total
(As Restated)
Balance as of December 31, 2019$909,937 418,108 $1,328,045 
Acquisition499,199 4,002,695 4,501,894 
Divestiture— (9,129)(9,129)
Impact of foreign currency fluctuations and other607 221,547 222,154 
Balance as of December 31, 2020$1,409,743 $4,633,221 $6,042,964 
Acquisition(1)
— (8,121)(8,121)
Impact of foreign currency fluctuations and other(118)1,790 1,672 
Balance as of March 31, 2021$1,409,625 $4,626,890 $6,036,515 
(1) Balance represents $8,121 in purchase accounting adjustments associated with the CPA Global Acquisition.