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Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Detail) - Accrued And Other Current Liabilities (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]    
Accrued liabilities $ 14,257us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent $ 8,784us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Other current liabilities 640us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent 1,638us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Accrued payroll-related expenses    
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]    
Accrued liabilities 9,270us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= rpxc_AccruedPayrollRelatedExpensesMember
6,791us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= rpxc_AccruedPayrollRelatedExpensesMember
Accrued expenses    
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]    
Accrued liabilities 4,987us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesMember
1,993us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesMember
Patent and other assets purchased but not paid    
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]    
Other current liabilities 0us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= rpxc_PatentandotherassetspurchasedbutnotpaidMember
563us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= rpxc_PatentandotherassetspurchasedbutnotpaidMember
Other current liabilities    
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]    
Other current liabilities $ 640us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherCurrentLiabilitiesMember
$ 1,075us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FairValueByLiabilityClassAxis
= us-gaap_OtherCurrentLiabilitiesMember