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Segment Reporting (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block] | The table below presents information about the Company’s segments as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | For the three months ended March 31, 2013 |
|  | Asset Liquidation |  |  | Patent Licensing |  |  | Total |
Revenues from external customers |  | $ | 1,392 |  |  | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | 1,592 |
Earnings from equity accounted asset liquidation investments |  |  | 802 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 802 |
Other income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Interest expense |  |  | 95 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 95 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 121 |
Segment income (loss) |  |  | (587 | ) |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | (537 | )
Investment in equity accounted asset liquidation investees |  |  | 2,901 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,901 |
Segment assets |  |  | 20,297 |  |  |  | 228 |  |  |  | 20,525 |
|  | For the three months ended March 31, 2012 |
|  | Asset Liquidation |  |  | Patent Licensing |  |  | Total |
Revenues from external customers |  | $ | 3,034 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,034 |
Earnings from equity accounted asset liquidation investments |  |  | 1,069 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,069 |
Other income |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10 |
Interest expense |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 56 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |
Segment income (loss) |  |  | 1,225 |  |  |  | (26 | ) |  |  | 1,199 |
Investment in equity accounted asset liquidation investees |  |  | 1,032 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,032 |
Segment assets |  |  | 19,401 |  |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 19,429 |
Reconciliation Of Reported Segment Information From Segments To Consolidated Financial Statement Items [Table Text Block] | The following table reconciles reportable segment information to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company:
|  | Three months ended March 31, 2013 |  |  | Three months ended March 31, 2012 |
Total other income for reportable segments |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10 |
Unallocated other income (expense) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total other income |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10 |
Total interest expense for reportable segments |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 56 |
Unallocated interest expense from related party debt |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3 |
|  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 59 |
Total depreciation and amortization for reportable segments |  | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Other unallocated depreciation from corporate assets |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Total segment income (loss) |  | $ | (537 | ) |  | $ | 1,199 |
Other income (expense) and earnings (loss) of other equity accounted investments |  |  | — |  |  |  | (47 | )
Other corporate expenses (primarily corporate level interest, general and administrative expenses) |  |  | (463 | ) |  |  | (449 | )
Income tax expense (recovery) |  |  | (353 | ) |  |  | 313 |
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |  | $ | (647 | ) |  | $ | 390 |
Segment assets |  | $ | 20,525 |  |  | $ | 19,429 |
Other assets not allocated to segments(1) |  |  | 34,602 |  |  |  | 35,350 |
Total assets |  | $ | 55,127 |  |  | $ | 54,779 |
| (1) | Other assets not allocated to segments are corporate assets such as cash, non-trade accounts receivable, prepaid insurance, investments and deferred income tax assets.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items, in the reconciliation of information for reportable segments, from the segments to the entity's consolidated financial statement items. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 25 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8813-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 27, 28 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8721-108599 + Details
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