INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Amortization expense relating to all acquired intangible assets was approximately $742,000, $998,000, and $1,034,000 during each of the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. The intangible asset balance and related accumulated amortization consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2013
	Gross
	Carrying		Accumulated			Net Carrying
	Amount		Amortization			Value
Intangible assets:
Trademarks	$	1,482,100	$	(1,050,000	)	$	432,100
Patents		9,294,000		(9,272,047	)		21,953
Total	$	10,776,100	$	(10,322,047	)	$	454,053
	June 30, 2012
	Gross
	Carrying		Accumulated			Net Carrying
	Amount		Amortization			Value
Intangible assets:
Trademarks	$	1,482,100	$	(1,050,000	)	$	432,100
Patents		9,294,000		(8,529,647	)		764,353
Total	$	10,776,100	$	(9,579,647	)	$	1,196,453

The Company’s test for impairment of its indefinite-lived trademarks consists of the trademarks: 1) VendingMiser, 2) CoolerMiser, 3) PlugMiser and 4) SnackMiser. As a result of its testing in fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 the Company determined that no impairment had occurred. In the testing in fiscal year 2011, the Company determined that the sum of the expected discounted cash flows attributable to the trademarks was less than its carrying value of $1,014,000, and that an impairment write-down was required. The primary driver behind the decrease in the value was a decrease in the revenue expectations for the trademarks from the time the trademarks were acquired in July 2003 to when the impairment assessment was prepared. Accordingly, in fiscal year 2011, the Company performed a valuation of the trademark’s fair value with the assistance of an independent valuation specialist. The fair value of the trademarks was determined by a method known as “relief from royalty”, in which the fair value is determined by reference to the amount of royalty income the intangible would generate if it were licensed in an arm’s-length transaction. The essential assumptions in a valuation via an income approach are as follows:

● The related dollar sales volume;

● The percentage royalty on sales;

● The adjustment for taxes;

● The remaining useful economic life;

● The percentage return on investment; and,

● The tax amortization benefit.

During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, the fair value of the trademarks was determined to be $432,100. This assessment resulted in an impairment write-down during the fourth fiscal quarter of $581,900, which is included in “Impairment of intangible asset” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

The trademark described above, is not related to the Company’s core operations consisting of its ePort wireless, cashless products and services.

At June 30, 2013, the expected amortization of the intangible assets is as follows: approximately $22,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $0 thereafter. The weighted average useful life of these amortized intangible assets is approximately one month at June 30, 2013. At June 30, 2013 and 2012, $432,100 of trademarks has an indefinite life and is included in the intangible assets tables above.