Intangible Assets, Net

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible Assets, Net

3.       Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets, net consist of the following (amounts in millions):

		At March 31, 2013
		Estimated	Gross
		useful	carrying		Accumulated		Net carrying
		lives	amount		amortization		amount
Acquired definite-lived intangible assets:
	License agreements and other	3 - 10 years	$	98	$	(89)	$	9
	Internally-developed franchises	11 - 12 years		309		(254)		55
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Activision trademark	Indefinite		386		---		386
	Acquired trade names	Indefinite		47		---		47
Total			$	840	$	(343)	$	497
		At December 31, 2012
		Estimated	Gross
		useful	carrying		Accumulated		Net carrying
		lives	amount		amortization		amount
Acquired definite-lived intangible assets:
	License agreements and other	3 - 10 years	$	98	$	(88)	$	10
	Internally-developed franchises	11 - 12 years		309		(251)		58
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
	Activision trademark	Indefinite		386		---		386
	Acquired trade names	Indefinite		47		---		47
Total			$	840	$	(339)	$	501

Amortization expense of intangible assets was $3million for the three months ended March 31,2013 and 2012.

At March 31, 2013, future amortization of definite-lived intangible assets is estimated as follows (amounts in millions):

2013 (remaining nine months)	$	21
2014		19
2015		10
2016		6
2017		4
Thereafter		4
Total	$	64