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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of goodwill
The following table presents the goodwill activity for the periods presented (in thousands):
Goodwill—December 31, 2013
$
150,871

2014 acquisitions
205,847

Goodwill—December 31, 2014
356,718

2015 Lynda.com acquisition
1,126,536

2015 other acquisitions
23,839

Goodwill—December 31, 2015
$
1,507,093
Schedule of other intangible assets
The following table presents the detail of other intangible assets for the periods presented (dollars in thousands): 
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Carrying
Amount
 
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Life (1)
December 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed technology
$
165,187

 
$
(88,361
)
 
$
76,826

 
1.4 years
Trade name
8,000

 
(7,325
)
 
675

 
0.4 years
Patents
56,878

 
(10,120
)
 
46,758

 
9.5 years
Customer relationships
226,100

 
(46,139
)
 
179,961

 
2.9 years
Content (2)
98,000

 
(30,625
)
 
67,375

 
2.4 years
Other intangible assets
5,434

 
(3,942
)
 
1,492

 
2.3 years
Total
$
559,599

 
$
(186,512
)
 
$
373,087

 
3.2 years
December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed technology
$
113,466

 
$
(37,936
)
 
$
75,530

 
2.2 years
Trade name
7,000

 
(5,203
)
 
1,797

 
1.0 year
Patents
53,256

 
(5,046
)
 
48,210

 
10.3 years
Customer relationships
5,100

 
(1,161
)
 
3,939

 
2.6 years
Other intangible assets
4,152

 
(2,353
)
 
1,799

 
0.9 years
Total
$
182,974

 
$
(51,699
)
 
$
131,275

 
5.2 years

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(1)
The weighted-average remaining life of other intangible assets excludes the impact of $0.8 million and $0.4 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
The amortization method for the content intangible asset is 50% the first year, 30% the second year, and 20% in the third year.
Schedule of estimated future amortization expense
Estimated amortization of purchased intangible assets for future periods is as follows (in thousands):
 
Year Ending December 31,
Amortization expense
2016
$
169,435

2017
102,682

2018
53,731

2019
20,507

2020
5,052

Thereafter
20,904

Total
$
372,311