Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets and Other Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets and Other Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The carrying amount of the Company's goodwill at March 28, 2015 is $48.8 million, of which $41.1 million resulted from the acquisition of Evolution Robotics, Inc. in October 2012 and was assigned to the home robots reporting unit. $7.7 million resulted from the acquisition of Nekton Research, LLC completed in September 2008 and was assigned to the defense and security reporting unit.

Other Intangible Assets

Other intangible assets include the value assigned to completed technology and a trade name. The estimated useful lives for all of these intangible assets are three to ten years. The intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis, which is consistent with the pattern that the economic benefits of the intangible assets are expected to be utilized.

Intangible assets at March 28, 2015 and December 27, 2014 consisted of the following:



	March 28, 2015						December 27, 2014
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Net		Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Impairment Loss		Net
	(In thousands)
Completed technology	$	26,900	$	8,643	$	18,257	$	30,600	$	9,691	1,788		$	19,121
Research contracts	—		—		—		100		100		—		—
Tradename	100		83		17		800		775		—		25
Total	$	27,000	$	8,726	$	18,274	$	31,500	$	10,566	$	1,788	$	19,146

During the three month period ended March 28, 2015, the Company removed fully amortized intangible assets from its consolidated balance sheet. Amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets was $0.9 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 28, 2015 and March 29, 2014, respectively. The estimated future amortization expense is expected to be as follows:



	(In thousands)
Remainder of 2015	$	2,610
2016	3,457
2017	3,457
2018	3,457
2019	2,818
Thereafter	2,475
Total	$	18,274

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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