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Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2013

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

		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

Reconciliation Of Reported Segment Information From Segments To Consolidated Financial Statement Items [Table Text Block]

		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

- 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.

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