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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | A summary of changes in the Company’s goodwill by reportable business segment is as follows for 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
Segment | December 31, 2014 Balance | Acquisitions(1) | Other Adjustments(2) | Foreign Currency | December 31, 2015 Balance
Writing | $ | 1,090.9 |  | $ | 373.5 |  | $ | (50.0 | ) | $ | (55.4 | ) | $ | 1,359.0 |
Home Solutions | 379.3 |  | 1.0 |  | (19.2 | ) | — |  | 361.1 |
Tools | 478.6 |  | — |  | — |  | (4.2 | ) | 474.4 |
Commercial Products | 387.5 |  | — |  | — |  | (0.2 | ) | 387.3 |
Baby & Parenting | 209.7 |  | — |  | — |  | (0.3 | ) | 209.4 |
| $ | 2,546.0 |  | $ | 374.5 |  | $ | (69.2 | ) | $ | (60.1 | ) | $ | 2,791.2 |
Segment | December 31, 2013 Balance | Acquisitions(3) | Other Adjustments | Foreign Currency | December 31, 2014 Balance
Writing | $ | 1,161.5 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | (70.6 | ) | $ | 1,090.9 |
Home Solutions | 205.7 |  | 173.6 |  | — |  | — |  | 379.3 |
Tools | 484.5 |  | — |  | — |  | (5.9 | ) | 478.6 |
Commercial Products | 387.8 |  | — |  | — |  | (0.3 | ) | 387.5 |
Baby & Parenting | 121.6 |  | 91.8 |  | — |  | (3.7 | ) | 209.7 |
| $ | 2,361.1 |  | $ | 265.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (80.5 | ) | $ | 2,546.0 |
(1) On October 22, 2015, the Company acquired Elmer’s Products Inc. for $570.1 million, of which $373.5 million was preliminarily allocated to goodwill. (2) During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company sold Endicia, including $50.0 million of goodwill. Endicia was included in the Company’s Writing segment. The Company also reclassified $19.2 million of Décor goodwill to assets held for sale.
(3) | In 2014, the Company acquired Ignite for $313.1 million and the assets of bubba for $82.4 million. Both acquisitions are included in the Company’s Home Solutions segment and resulted in total goodwill of $174.6 million, of which $173.6 million was recorded in 2014 based on preliminary purchase price allocations. In 2014, the Company also acquired Baby Jogger for a net purchase price of $210.1 million, and Baby Jogger is included in the Baby & Parenting segment. The acquisition of Baby Jogger resulted in goodwill of $91.8 million.
Schedule of Indefinite and Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Other intangible assets, net consisted of the following as of December 31, (in millions):
| 2015 |  | 2014
| Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value |  | Gross Carrying Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value
Trade names — indefinite life | $ | 653.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 653.4 |  |  | $ | 470.2 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 470.2 |
Trade names — other | 46.0 |  | (30.0 | ) | 16.0 |  |  | 48.5 |  | (28.6 | ) | 19.9 |
Capitalized software | 465.6 |  | (252.7 | ) | 212.9 |  |  | 462.0 |  | (229.7 | ) | 232.3 |
Patents | 142.8 |  | (89.9 | ) | 52.9 |  |  | 152.2 |  | (84.9 | ) | 67.3 |
Customer lists | 231.9 |  | (104.5 | ) | 127.4 |  |  | 184.8 |  | (89.0 | ) | 95.8 |
Other | 4.2 |  | (3.1 | ) | 1.1 |  |  | 4.2 |  | (2.5 | ) | 1.7 |
| $ | 1,543.9 |  | $ | (480.2 | ) | $ | 1,063.7 |  |  | $ | 1,321.9 |  | $ | (434.7 | ) | $ | 887.2 |
The table below summarizes the Company’s amortization periods using the straight-line method for other intangible assets, including capitalized software, as of December 31, 2015:
| Weighted-Average Amortization Period (in years) | Amortization Periods (in years)
Trade names — indefinite life | N/A | N/A
Trade names — other | 11 | 3–20 years
Capitalized software | 9 | 3–12 years
Patents | 7 | 3–14 years
Customer lists | 8 | 3–10 years
Other | 4 | 3–5 years
| 9 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2015, the aggregate estimated intangible amortization amounts for the succeeding five years are as follows (in millions):
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
$72.5 | $70.0 | $64.4 | $57.6 | $35.3

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