SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

The Company's segment information, including Printronix's operations from October 7, 2021 through December 31, 2021, is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31, 2021
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
License fees	$	76,043	$	—	$	76,043
Printers and parts	—		4,961		4,961
Consumable products	—		5,973		5,973
Services	—		1,070		1,070
Total revenues	76,043		12,004		88,047
Cost of revenues:
Inventor royalties	1,142		—		1,142
Contingent legal fees	12,074		—		12,074
Litigation and licensing expenses	5,462		—		5,462
Amortization of patents	9,851		—		9,851
Other patent portfolio expense (income)	162		—		162
Cost of sales	—		7,407		7,407
Total cost of revenues	28,691		7,407		36,098
Segment gross profit	47,352		4,597		51,949
Other operating expenses:
Engineering and development expenses	—		200		200
Sales and marketing expenses	—		1,538		1,538
Amortization of intangible assets	—		399		399
General and administrative expenses	6,177		2,398		8,575
Total other operating expenses	6,177		4,535		10,712
Segment operating income	$	41,175	$	62	41,237
Parent general and administrative expenses					26,692
Operating income					14,545
Total other income					160,107
Income before income taxes					$	174,652

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	December 31,
	2021
	(In thousands)
Equity securities investments:
Equity securities at fair value	$	361,778
Equity securities without readily determinable fair value	5,816
Investment securities - equity method investments	30,934
Total	398,528
Other parent assets	172,726
Segment total assets:
Intellectual property operations	175,286
Industrial operations	52,316
Total assets	$	798,856

Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas

	Year Ended December 31, 2021
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Revenues by geographic area:
United States	$	23,256	$	4,937	$	28,193
Canada and Latin America	402		251		653
Total Americas	23,658		5,188		28,846
Europe, Middle East and Africa	1,841		2,589		4,430
China	—		1,910		1,910
India	—		1,076		1,076
Asia-Pacific, excluding China and India	50,544		1,241		51,785
Total Asia-Pacific	50,544		4,227		54,771
Total revenues	$	76,043	$	12,004	$	88,047

Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas

	December 31, 2021
	Intellectual Property Operations			Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Long-lived tangible assets by geographic area:
United States	$	204		$	473	$	677
Malaysia	—			3,203		3,203
Other foreign countries	—			303		303
Total	$	204	29782000	$	3,979	$	4,183