Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

5.	Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill was recorded in connection with the September 2011 acquisition of MPC Data, Ltd. (renamed BSQUARE EMEA Limited in 2015), a United Kingdom based provider of software engineering services. The excess of the acquisition consideration over the fair value of net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. BSQUARE operates as a single reporting unit, and BSQUARE EMEA, Ltd. falls within that reporting unit. There was no change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.

Intangible assets relate to customer relationships that we acquired from TestQuest, Inc. in November 2008 and from the acquisition of BSQUARE EMEA, Ltd. in September 2011.

Information regarding our intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

	December 31, 2015
	Gross					Net
	Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	Amount		Amortization			Value
Customer relationships	$	1,275	$	(681	)	$	594

	December 31, 2014
	Gross					Net
	Carrying		Accumulated			Carrying
	Amount		Amortization			Value
Customer relationships	$	1,275	$	(546	)	$	729

Amortization expense was $135,000 and $134,000 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, expected amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

2016	$	130
2017		98
2018		98
2019		98
2020		98
2021		72
Total	$	594

- 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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