Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
un-recouped advanced royalties and non-recoupable license fees		$ 14,463
An affiliate of one of the Company's principal stockholders \| Recoupable Advanced Royalties And Non-recoupable License Fees Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction amount	$ 15,000
Amount paid to related party for achieved milestones		$ 15,000

Amount of impairment to prepaid royalties, minimum guarantees, and intangible assets, of related parties where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth, over the expected benefit period of such assets.

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the obligations due for goods and services provided by the following types of related parties: a parent company and its subsidiaries, subsidiaries of a common parent, an entity and trust for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entities' management, an entity and its principal owners, management, or member of their immediate families, affiliates, or other parties with the ability to exert significant influence.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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