Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Intangible assets [Abstract]

Intangible assets

		September 30, 2012							December 31, 2011
	Useful Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Amortized intangible assets:
Domain names	5 Years	$	139,431	$	(100,865	)	$	38,566	$	139,431	$	(91,943	)	$	47,488
Issued patents	4 to 15 Years		1,510,301		(338,226	)		1,172,075		1,500,192		(342,940	)		1,157,252
Issued trademarks	9 to 11 Years		339,602		(91,426	)		248,176		293,183		(65,028	)		228,155
Non compete agreements	5 to 7 Years		150,000		(150,000	)		—		150,000		(150,000	)		—
Total amortized			2,139,334		(680,517	)		1,458,817		2,082,806		(649,911	)		1,432,895
Not amortized intangible assets:
TASER trademark			900,000					900,000		900,000					900,000
Patents and trademarks pending			973,459					973,459		891,111					891,111
Total not amortized			1,873,459					1,873,459		1,791,111					1,791,111
Total intangible assets		$	4,012,793	$	(680,517	)	$	3,332,276	$	3,873,917	$	(649,911	)	$	3,224,006

Estimated amortization expense of intangible assets

2012 (remaining three months)	$	36,724
2013		146,940
2014		146,024
2015		137,273
2016		130,202
2017		126,628
Thereafter		735,026
Total	$	1,458,817