Columbia Sportswear Company Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill

Intangible Assets, Net and Goodwill

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Intangible assets that are determined to have finite lives include patents, purchased technology, customer relationships and order backlog and are amortized over their estimated useful lives, which range from less than one year to approximately 10 years, and are measured for impairment only when events or circumstances indicate the carrying value may be impaired. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, including trademarks and trade names, are not amortized but are periodically evaluated for impairment.

Intangible assets

The following table summarizes the Company’s identifiable intangible assets balance (in thousands):



	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014			September 30, 2014
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Patents and purchased technology	$	14,198		$	14,198		$	14,198
Customer relationships	23,000			23,000			23,000
Order backlog	—			—			3,500
Gross carrying amount	37,198			37,198			40,698
Accumulated amortization:
Patents and purchased technology	(7,659		)	(6,661		)	(6,329		)
Customer relationships	(5,089		)	(2,227		)	(1,272		)
Order backlog	—			—			(2,334		)
Total accumulated amortization	(12,748		)	(8,888		)	(9,935		)
Net carrying amount	24,450			28,310			30,763
Intangible assets not subject to amortization	115,421			115,421			115,421
Intangible assets, net	$	139,871		$	143,731		$	146,184

Amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization was $1,287,000 and $3,037,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and was $3,860,000 and $4,604,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Annual amortization expense is estimated to be as follows for the years 2015-2019 (in thousands):



2015	$	5,147
2016	5,147
2017	3,883
2018	2,980
2019	2,980

- 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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