CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Net revenue	$ 102,708	$ 84,843	$ 41,315
Cost of revenue	59,906	47,485	21,971
Gross profit	42,802	37,358	19,344
Operating expenses:
Research and development	7,025	4,715	4,253
Selling and marketing	23,563	20,375	12,886
General and administrative	22,440	21,809	16,431
Impairment of intangibles			647
Restructuring		337
Gain on sale of assets			(1,417)
Total operating expenses	53,028	47,236	32,800
Loss from operations	(10,226)	(9,878)	(13,456)
Loss and impairment on equity investments			(2,244)
Other income	262	264
Interest expense, net	(1,049)	(865)	(487)
Foreign currency gains (losses), net	(398)	(234)	76
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest	(11,411)	(10,713)	(16,111)
Income tax benefit	1,441	345	1,549
Loss from continuing operations	(9,970)	(10,368)	(14,562)
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes		220	383
Consolidated net loss	(9,970)	(10,148)	(14,179)
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	468	630
Net loss attributable to Identive Group, Inc.	$ (9,502)	$ (9,518)	$ (14,179)
Basic and diluted loss per share attributable to Identive Group, Inc:
Loss from continuing operations	$ (0.18)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.66)
Income from discontinued operations		$ 0.01	$ 0.02
Net loss	$ (0.18)	$ (0.22)	$ (0.64)
Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share	53,748	42,722	22,047