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Lessee, Operating Lease, Number of Renewal Options

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The amount of expense provided in the period for legal costs incurred on or before the balance sheet date pertaining to resolved, pending or threatened litigation, including arbitration and mediation proceedings.

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Remaining lease term of operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Amount of single lease cost, calculated by allocation of remaining cost of lease over remaining lease term. Includes, but is not limited to, single lease cost, after impairment of right-of-use asset, calculated by amortization of remaining right-of-use asset and accretion of lease liability.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		52 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2019 numberOfRenewalOptions	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 26, 2023	Jun. 02, 2022 ft²	Jun. 30, 2021 ft²	Apr. 01, 2021	Nov. 10, 2020 ft²	Nov. 01, 2020 ft²	Jan. 07, 2020 ft²	Nov. 28, 2019 ft²	Jun. 07, 2019 ft²	Mar. 01, 2019
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease cost \| $		$ 336	$ 388
Legal fees \| $		0	20
Accrued loss contingency \| $		8,450		$ 0
Legal liability fee \| $		6,243	$ 0
Slingshot Technologies, LLC vs. Acacia Research Corp and ARG
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Accrued loss contingency \| $		8,500
Legal liability fee \| $		6,200		2,300
PPC Irvine Center Investment, LLC \| Printronix
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term								65 months
Surety Bond
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Bonds outstanding \| $		$ 100		$ 100
Printronix \| Dynamics Sing Sdn. Bhd
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	48 months				24 months
Printronix \| PF Grand Paris
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term														109 months
Printronix \| Shanghai SongYun Enterprise Management Center
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term										48 months
Printronix \| HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term						36 months
Building
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²											8,600		8,293
Term of lease											24 months		60 months
Building \| Printronix
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²											73,649
Building \| PPC Irvine Center Investment, LLC \| Printronix
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²									8,662
Building \| Printronix \| Dynamics Sing Sdn. Bhd
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²							52,000
Building \| Printronix \| PF Grand Paris
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²												3,045
Building \| Printronix \| Shanghai SongYun Enterprise Management Center
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²										2,422
Building \| Printronix \| HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of office space \| ft²						4,560
Building \| First amendment
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Term of lease											3 years
Manufacturing Facility \| Lease 1 \| Printronix \| Dynamics Sing Sdn. Bhd
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| numberOfRenewalOptions	2
Renewal term of lease	4 years
Manufacturing Facility \| Lease 2 \| Printronix \| Dynamics Sing Sdn. Bhd
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| numberOfRenewalOptions	1
Renewal term of lease	2 years