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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | Acacia’s provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 179 |
State taxes |  | 113 |  |  | 281 |  |  | 943 |
Foreign taxes |  | 4,405 |  |  | 11,890 |  |  | 7,586 |
Total current |  | 4,518 |  |  | 12,171 |  |  | 8,708 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | (26,151 | ) |  | 10,085 |  |  | — |
State taxes |  | (325 | ) |  | (196 | ) |  | — |
Total deferred |  | (26,476 | ) |  | 9,889 |  |  | — |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | (21,958 | ) |  | $ | 22,060 |  |  | $ | 8,708 |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following at December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |
Net operating loss and capital loss carryforwards and credits |  | $ | 34,679 |  |  | $ | 15,668 |
Stock compensation |  | 3,052 |  |  | 1,140 |
Basis of investments in affiliates |  | 867 |  |  | 415 |
Accrued liabilities and other |  | 387 |  |  | 250 |
Unrealized loss on short-term investments |  | 337 |  |  | 415 |
State taxes |  | 18 |  |  | 212 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 39,340 |  |  | 18,100 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Fixed assets and intangibles |  | (33,378 | ) |  | (39,457 | )
Other |  | (112 | ) |  | (60 | )
Net deferred tax liabilities |  | 5,850 |  |  | (21,417 | )
Less: valuation allowance |  | (7,585 | ) |  | (5,396 | )
Net deferred taxes |  | $ | (1,735 | ) |  | $ | (26,813 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax rate is as follows:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Statutory federal tax rate - (benefit) expense |  | (35 | )% |  | 35 | % |  | 35 | %
State income and foreign taxes, net of federal tax effect |  | 5 | % |  | 15 | % |  | 27 | %
Foreign tax credit |  | (6 | )% |  | (15 | )% |  | (25 | )%
Noncontrolling interests in operating subsidiaries |  | 1 | % |  | — | % |  | (1 | )%
Nondeductible permanent items |  | 2 | % |  | 5 | % |  | 4 | %
Expired net operating loss carryforwards |  | 2 | % |  | — | % |  | 1 | %
Valuation allowance |  | 4 | % |  | (13 | )% |  | (12 | )%
|  | (27 | )% |  | 27 | % |  | 29 | %
Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Table Text Block] | ctivity related to the gross unrecognized tax benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013 was as follows (in thousands):
Balance at January 1, 2012 |  | $ | 85 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  | — |
Additions for tax positions related to prior years |  | 772 |
Additions resulting from the acquisition of ADAPTIX |  | 1,270 |
Reductions |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | 2,127 |
Reductions |  | — |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 2,127 |
Summary of Valuation Allowance [Table Text Block] | At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company has recorded valuation allowances for certain tax attribute carryforwards and other deferred tax assets due to uncertainty regarding future realizability, as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
Capital loss carryforwards |  | $ | 1,562 |  |  | $ | 2,935 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | 1,281 |  |  | 2,046 |
Foreign tax credits |  | 4,405 |  |  | — |
Unrealized losses on short-term investments and other deferred tax assets |  | 337 |  |  | 415 |
Total valuation allowance |  | $ | 7,585 |  |  | $ | 5,396 |

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