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Other Intangible Assets, Net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Intangible assets disclosure | Other Intangible Assets, Net Other intangible assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
(in millions) | Gross cost |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Other intangible assets, net |  | Gross cost |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Other intangible assets, net |
Purchased and internally developed software | $ | 662 |  | (491 | ) | 171 |  | 646 |  | (466 | ) | 180 |
Affiliate and customer relationships | 2,400 |  | (2,319 | ) | 81 |  | 2,397 |  | (2,274 | ) | 123 |
Debt origination fees | 8 |  | (2 | ) | 6 |  | 8 |  | (1 | ) | 7 |
Trademarks (indefinite life) | 2,428 |  | — |  | 2,428 |  | 2,428 |  | — |  | 2,428 |
| $ | 5,498 |  | (2,812 | ) | 2,686 |  | 5,479 |  | (2,741 | ) | 2,738 |
The Company recorded amortization expense of $66 million and $67 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, related to other intangible assets. As of March 31, 2017, the related amortization and interest expense for each of the next five years ended December 31 was as follows (in millions):
Remainder of 2017 | $ | 141 |
2018 | 73 |
2019 | 36 |
2020 | 7 |
2021 | 1 |
The decrease in future amortization expense in 2018 is primarily due to the end of the useful lives of the affiliate and customer relationships in place at the time of Liberty's acquisition of QVC in 2003.

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