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Segment Reporting | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Text Block] | Note 11 – Segment Reporting From 2005 until the second quarter of 2009, the Company operated in a single business segment, Patent Licensing. In the second quarter of 2009, the Company diversified into a second segment, Asset Liquidation. There are no material inter-segment revenues or expenses. To date the Company’s business has been conducted principally in North America, but the establishment of offices in Europe in the third quarter of 2012 is expected to result in more international operations in future periods. The table below presents information about the Company’s segments as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | For the three months ended March 31, 2014 |
|  | Asset |  |  | Patent |  |  |  |
|  | Liquidation |  |  | Licensing |  |  | Total |
Revenues from external customers | $ | 1,985 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,985 |
Loss from equity accounted asset liquidation investments |  | (30 | ) |  | — |  |  | (30 | )
Other income |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest expense |  | 71 |  |  | — |  |  | 71 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | 118 |  |  | — |  |  | 118 |
Segment loss |  | (471 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (482 | )
Investment in equity accounted asset liquidation investees |  | 1,011 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,011 |
Segment assets |  | 19,212 |  |  | 28 |  |  | 19,240 |
|  | For the three months ended March 31, 2013 |
|  | Asset |  |  | Patent |  |  |  |
|  | Liquidation |  |  | 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 |
The following table reconciles reportable segment information to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company:
|  | Three months |  |  | Three months |
|  | ended |  |  | ended |
|  | March 31, |  |  | March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Total interest expense for reportable segments | $ | 71 |  | $ | 95 |
Unallocated interest expense from related party debt |  | 67 |  |  | — |
| $ | 138 |  | $ | 95 |
Total depreciation and amortization for reportable segments | $ | 118 |  | $ | 121 |
Other unallocated depreciation from corporate assets |  | — |  |  | — |
| $ | 118 |  | $ | 121 |
Total segment loss | $ | (482 | ) | $ | (537 | )
Other income (expense) and earnings (loss) of other equity accounted investments |  | 11 |  |  | — |
Other corporate expenses (primarily corporate level interest, general and administrative expenses) |  | 433 |  |  | 463 |
Income tax expense (recovery) |  | 24,667 |  |  | (353 | )
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (25,571 | ) | $ | (647 | )
Segment assets | $ | 19,240 |  | $ | 20,525 |
Other assets not allocated to segments (1) |  | 4,476 |  |  | 34,602 |
Total assets | $ | 23,716 |  | $ | 55,127 |
| (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 The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: 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 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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