Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenue	$ 22,712	$ 20,909	$ 61,867	$ 54,745
Cost of revenue	12,840	10,945	36,463	30,019
Gross profit	9,872	9,964	25,404	24,726
Operating expenses:
Research and development	1,813	1,643	5,046	5,206
Selling and marketing	5,078	4,527	15,844	13,972
General and administrative	3,685	3,845	9,595	11,002
Impairment of long-lived assets		178		178
Impairment of goodwill		10,935		10,935
Restructuring and severance	1,825	1,252	2,874	1,252
Total operating expenses	12,401	22,380	33,359	42,545
Loss from operations	(2,529)	(12,416)	(7,955)	(17,819)
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest expense, net	(564)	(387)	(3,154)	(1,603)
Foreign currency (loss) gain, net	(700)	284	(952)	461
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest	(3,793)	(12,519)	(12,061)	(18,961)
Income tax provision	(94)	(363)	(149)	(256)
Loss from continuing operations before noncontrolling interest	(3,887)	(12,882)	(12,210)	(19,217)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	2	(12,653)	546	(14,380)
Consolidated net loss	(3,885)	(25,535)	(11,664)	(33,597)
Less: Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	38	1,322	73	1,708
Net loss attributable to Identiv, Inc. stockholders´ equity	$ (3,847)	$ (24,213)	$ (11,591)	$ (31,889)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to Identiv, Inc. stockholders´ equity:
Loss from continuing operations	$ (0.46)	$ (1.69)	$ (1.52)	$ (2.75)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$ 0.00	$ (1.84)	$ 0.07	$ (2.26)
Net loss	$ (0.46)	$ (3.53)	$ (1.45)	$ (5.01)
Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share	8,423	6,852	7,971	6,370