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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Changes in Goodwill by Reportable Business Segment | Goodwill activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows (in millions):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | June 30, 2020 |  |  |  |
Segments | Net Book Value at December 31, 2019 |  |  |  | Impairment Charges |  | Foreign Exchange and Other |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Impairment Charges |  | Net Book Value
Appliances and Cookware | $ | 212 |  |  |  |  | $ | (212) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 744 |  |  | $ | (744) |  |  | $ | — |
Commercial Solutions | 747 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,241 |  |  | (494) |  |  | 747 |
Home Solutions | 164 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,392 |  |  | (2,228) |  |  | 164 |
Learning and Development | 2,586 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | (1) |  |  | 3,431 |  |  | (846) |  |  | 2,585 |
Outdoor and Recreation | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 788 |  |  | (788) |  |  | — |
| $ | 3,709 |  |  |  |  | $ | (212) |  |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | 8,596 |  |  | $ | (5,100) |  |  | $ | 3,496 |
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets and Related Amortization Periods | Other intangible assets, net are comprised of the following at the dates indicated (in millions):
| June 30, 2020 |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Book Value |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Book Value |  | Amortization Periods (in years)
Trade names — indefinite life | $ | 2,292 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,292 |  |  | $ | 3,560 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,560 |  |  | N/A
Trade names — other | 158 |  |  | (52) |  |  | 106 |  |  | 169 |  |  | (50) |  |  | 119 |  |  | 2-15
Capitalized software | 602 |  |  | (460) |  |  | 142 |  |  | 587 |  |  | (435) |  |  | 152 |  |  | 3-12
Patents and intellectual property | 123 |  |  | (100) |  |  | 23 |  |  | 135 |  |  | (102) |  |  | 33 |  |  | 3-14
Customer relationships and distributor channels | 1,248 |  |  | (250) |  |  | 998 |  |  | 1,328 |  |  | (283) |  |  | 1,045 |  |  | 3-30
Other | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 109 |  |  | (102) |  |  | 7 |  |  | 3-5
| $ | 4,423 |  |  | $ | (862) |  |  | $ | 3,561 |  |  | $ | 5,888 |  |  | $ | (972) |  |  | $ | 4,916 |  |  |
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets by Segment | During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded impairment charges of $1.3 billion to reflect impairment of these indefinite-lived trade names because their carrying values exceeded their fair values as follows:
|  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 |
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangibles assets |  |  |  |
Appliances and Cookware |  |  | $ | 87 |  |
Commercial Solutions |  |  | 320 |  |
Home Solutions |  |  | 290 |  |
Learning and Development |  |  | 78 |  |
Outdoor and Recreation |  |  | 482 |  |
|  |  | $ | 1,257 |  |

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