NOTE 4 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Intangible assets of the Company, including adjustments for currency
translation adjustments, consisted of the following:
|
|
March 31, 2015 |
|
|
December 31, 2014 |
|
Intangible Assets |
|
$ |
43,363,832 |
|
|
$ |
49,914,360 |
|
Accumulated Amortization |
|
|
(3,206,747 |
) |
|
|
(6,550,528 |
) |
Intangible assets, net |
|
$ |
40,157,085 |
|
|
$ |
43,363,832 |
|
Other than the website as set forth in the table above, intangible
assets are comprised of patents with estimated useful lives between approximately 1 to 15 years. The website was determined to
have an estimated useful life of 3 years. Once placed in service, the Company will amortize the costs of intangible assets over
their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. Costs incurred to acquire patents, including legal costs, are also
capitalized as long-lived assets and amortized on a straight-line basis with the associated patent. Amortization of patents is
included in operating expenses as reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Company assesses fair
market value for any impairment to the carrying values. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 management concluded
that there was no impairment to the acquired assets.
Patent amortization expense for the three months ended March 31,
2015 and March 31, 2014 was $2,598,461 and $453,647, respectively. Future amortization
of intangible assets, net of foreign currency translation adjustments is as follows:
2015 |
|
$ |
7,351,255 |
|
2016 |
|
|
8,893,334 |
|
2017 |
|
|
6,477,020 |
|
2018 |
|
|
4,865,208 |
|
2019 |
|
|
3,959,391 |
|
2020 and thereafter |
|
|
8,610,877 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
40,157,085 |
|
The Company made the following patent purchases:
● |
In April 2013, the Company through its subsidiary, Relay IP, Inc. acquired a US patent for $350,000; |
● |
In April 2013, the Company acquired 10 US patents, 27 foreign patents and 1 patent pending from CyberFone Systems valued at $1,135,512; |
● |
In June 2013, in connection with the closing of a licensing agreement with Siemens Technology, we acquired a patent portfolio from that company valued at $1,000,000; |
● |
In September 2013, the Company acquired 14 US patents for a total purchase price of $1,100,000; |
● |
In November 2013, the Company acquired four patents for 150,000 shares of the Companys Common Stock, which the Company valued at $718,500 based on the fair market value of the stock issued; |
● |
In December 2013, the Company acquired certain patents from Delphi Technologies, Inc. for $1,700,000 pursuant to a Patent Purchase Agreement entered into on October 31, 2013 and Amended on December 16, 2013; |
● |
In December 2013, in connection with a licensing agreement with Zhone, the Company acquired a portfolio of patents from Zhone; |
● |
In December 2013, in connection with a settlement and license agreement, we agreed to settle and release another defendant for past and future use of our patents, whereby the defendant agreed to assign and transfer 2 U.S. patents and rights to the Company; |
● |
In May 2014, we acquired ownership rights of Dynamic Advances, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, IP Liquidity Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Sarif Biomedical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, all of which hold patent portfolios or contract rights to the revenue generated from the patent portfolios; |
● |
In June 2014, we acquired Selene Communication Technologies, LLC, which holds multiple patents in the search and network intrusion field; |
● |
In August 2014, we acquired patents from Clouding IP LLC, with such patents related to network and data management technology; |
● |
In September 2014, we acquired TLI Communications, which owns a single patent in the telecommunication field; |
● |
In October 2014, we acquired three patent portfolios from MedTech Development, LLC, which owns medical technology patents. |
As of March 31, 2015, the
Companys patent portfolios consist of 360 U.S. and foreign patents, twenty-three patent applications and contract rights
to ten patents. In the aggregate, the earliest date for expiration of a patent in the Companys patent portfolio is
past (the patent is expired, but patent rules allow for six year look-back for royalties), the median expiration date for patents
in the Companys portfolio is June 17, 2017, and the latest expiration date for a patent in any of the Companys patent
portfolios is July 29, 2029. A summary of the Companys patent portfolios is as follows:
Number of Patents |
|
Earliest Expiration Date |
|
Median Expiration Date |
|
Latest Expiration Date |
|
Subject Matter |
17 |
|
09/15/16 |
|
09/15/15 |
|
01/22/18 |
|
Communication and PBX equipment |
60 |
|
Expired |
|
10/05/21 |
|
03/29/29 |
|
Network and data management |
5 |
|
09/17/21 |
|
08/11/22 |
|
08/19/23 |
|
Web page content translator and device-to-device transfer system |
37 |
|
Expired |
|
09/15/15 |
|
11/11/17 |
|
Telephony and data transactions |
4 |
|
Expired |
|
10/02/17 |
|
03/06/23 |
|
Natural language interface |
4 |
|
04/27/20 |
|
11/17/23 |
|
07/18/24 |
|
Manufacturing schedules using adaptive learning |
2 |
|
11/14/15 |
|
09/09/16 |
|
07/17/17 |
|
Asynchronous communications |
6 |
|
Expired |
|
06/06/15 |
|
07/26/20 |
|
Pharmaceuticals / tire pressure systems |
10 |
|
Expired |
|
09/25/17 |
|
08/27/22 |
|
Automotive |
167 |
|
Expired |
|
06/01/18 |
|
07/29/29 |
|
Medical technology |
1 |
|
Expired |
|
Expired |
|
Expired |
|
Multicasting |
3 |
|
03/13/18 |
|
03/13/18 |
|
11/16/23 |
|
Centrifugal communications |
5 |
|
Expired |
|
Expired |
|
Expired |
|
Microsurgery equipment |
3 |
|
05/05/18 |
|
11/23/20 |
|
11/28/21 |
|
Communications |
7 |
|
03/10/14 |
|
12/01/15 |
|
08/06/22 |
|
Automotive |
6 |
|
06/17/17 |
|
06/17/17 |
|
06/17/17 |
|
Telecommunications |
33 |
|
Expired |
|
12/21/16 |
|
03/09/18 |
|
Computer networking and operations |
|