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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Changes in Goodwill by Reportable Business Segment | Goodwill activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 is as follows (in millions):
Segments | Net Book Value at December 31, 2022 |  |  | Impairment Charges |  | Foreign Exchange |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Impairment Charges |  | Net Book Value at September 30, 2023
Home and Commercial Solutions | $ | 747 |  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,052 |  |  | $ | (3,305) |  |  | $ | 747 |
Learning and Development | 2,551 |  |  |  | (241) |  |  | (8) |  |  | 3,389 |  |  | (1,087) |  |  | 2,302 |
Outdoor and Recreation | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 788 |  |  | (788) |  |  | — |
| $ | 3,298 |  |  |  | $ | (241) |  |  | $ | (8) |  |  | $ | 8,229 |  |  | $ | (5,180) |  |  | $ | 3,049 |
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets, Net | Other intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following (in millions):
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |  |
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Book Value |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Book Value |  |
Tradenames — indefinite life (1) | $ | 1,581 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,581 |  |  | $ | 1,689 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,689 |  |  |
Tradenames — other (1) | 230 |  |  | (97) |  |  | 133 |  |  | 160 |  |  | (79) |  |  | 81 |  |  |
Capitalized software | 619 |  |  | (504) |  |  | 115 |  |  | 602 |  |  | (481) |  |  | 121 |  |  |
Patents and intellectual property | 22 |  |  | (18) |  |  | 4 |  |  | 22 |  |  | (17) |  |  | 5 |  |  |
Customer relationships and distributor channels | 1,073 |  |  | (356) |  |  | 717 |  |  | 1,072 |  |  | (319) |  |  | 753 |  |  |
| $ | 3,525 |  |  | $ | (975) |  |  | $ | 2,550 |  |  | $ | 3,545 |  |  | $ | (896) |  |  | $ | 2,649 |  |  |
(1)In connection with the operating model changes associated with Project Phoenix, the Company determined that six tradenames with aggregate carrying values of $70 million no longer met indefinite-lived criteria and were reclassified during the first quarter as finite-lived tradenames, with useful lives ranging from five to ten years.

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