Goodwill and Purchased and Other Intangibles (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Purchased and other intangible assets

Purchased and other intangible assets subject to amortization as of March 2, 2012 and December 2, 2011 were as follows (in thousands): 

	2012							2011
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Purchased technology	$	367,340	$	(107,305	)	$	260,035	$	314,057	$	(91,363	)	$	222,694
Customer contracts and relationships	$	313,714	$	(53,108	)	$	260,606	$	433,534	$	(229,364	)	$	204,170
Trademarks	53,333		(13,180		)	40,153		52,734		(11,217		)	41,517
Acquired rights to use technology	106,565		(51,024		)	55,541		106,865		(48,137		)	58,728
Localization	11,185		(6,610		)	4,575		9,762		(6,591		)	3,171
Other intangibles	22,728		(5,813		)	16,915		63,906		(48,660		)	15,246
Total other intangible assets	$	507,525	$	(129,735	)	$	377,790	$	666,801	$	(343,969	)	$	322,832
Purchased and other intangible     assets, net	$	874,865	$	(237,040	)	$	637,825	$	980,858	$	(435,332	)	$	545,526

Amortization expense in future periods

As of March 2, 2012, we expect amortization expense in future periods to be as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Purchased Technology		Other Intangible Assets
Remainder of 2012	$	56,341	$	50,786
2013	70,173		59,733
2014	63,964		55,686
2015	49,329		49,920
2016	11,495		44,436
Thereafter	8,733		117,229
Total expected amortization expense	$	260,035	$	377,790