Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The components of goodwill and other intangible assets are as follows:

December 31, 2015	Estimated Useful Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Finite lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships	5 years	$	12,720,000	$	6,254,000	$	6,466,000
Trademarks	7 years		6,239,950		2,188,129		4,051,821
Patents	7 years		230,683		230,683		—
Software	7 years		1,290,468		104,570		1,185,898
Customer lists	5 years		307,153		182,864		124,289
Total finite lived intangible assets		$	20,788,254	$	8,960,246	$	11,828,008

December 31, 2014	Estimated Useful Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Finite lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships	5 years	$	12,720,000	$	3,710,000	$	9,010,000
Trademarks	7 years		6,230,000		1,297,917		4,932,083
Patents	7 years		230,683		230,683		—
Software	7 years		1,013,714		25,899		987,815
Customer lists	5 years		307,153		121,434		185,719
Total finite lived intangible assets		$	20,501,550	$	5,385,933	$	15,115,617

December 31, 2015 and 2014

Estimated

Useful Life

Carrying

Amount

Indefinite lived intangible asset:

Goodwill

Indefinite

58,337,290

We compute amortization using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the finite lived intangible assets. The amortization expense related to finite lived intangible assets was $4,257,565 and $3,535,061 for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Our amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 includes $566,000 related to the cessation of the Earth911 e-commerce marketplace website during the fourth quarter of 2015. We expect amortization expense to be approximately $3.7 million for the year ending December 31, 2016, approximately $3.6 million for the year ending December 31, 2017, approximately $2.5 million for the year ending December 31, 2018, approximately $1.1 million for the year ending December 31, 2019, approximately $600,000 for the year ending December 31, 2020, and approximately $300,000 thereafter. We have no indefinite-lived intangible assets other than goodwill. The goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. As required by FASB ASC Topic 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, we performed our goodwill impairment analysis in the third quarter of 2015 and 2014 with no impairment recorded in either period.

- 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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