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Goodwill and Purchased Intangibles

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Goodwill and Purchased Intangibles
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 4 - Goodwill and Purchased Intangibles

Goodwill

 

The carrying value of goodwill at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was $4,175,032 and $2,259,624, respectively. Goodwill at September 30, 2013 includes $1,915,408 recorded as a result of two acquisitions in May 2013. See Note 3.

 

Intangible assets

 

The following table presents details of our purchased intangible assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

 

    Balance at                 Balance at  
    December 31, 2012     Additions     Amortization     September 30, 2013  
Patents and trademarks   $ 111,620     $ -     $ (6,298 )   $ 105,322  
Customer contracts     78,765       813,000       (60,259 )     831,506  
Customer and merchant relationships     29,056       203,000       (27,921 )     204,135  
Trade name     30,588       76,000       (12,566 )     94,022  
Acquired technology     193,458       167,000       (52,775 )     307,683  
Non-compete agreement     625       124,000       (15,601 )     109,024  
    $ 444,112     $ 1,383,000     $ (175,420 )   $ 1,651,692  

 

The intangible assets are being amortized on a straight line basis over their estimated useful lives of one to twenty years.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the following intangible assets were purchased with the following useful lives:

 

Sequence, LLC:

 

    Fair value   Useful Life
Merchant relationships   $ 181,000   12 years
Trade name     76,000   5 years
Developed technology     71,000   5 years

 

Front Door Insights LLC:

    Fair value   Useful Life
Contracts   $ 813,000   7 years
Customer relationships     22,000   12 years
Developed technology     96,000   5 years
Non-compete agreement     124,000   3 years

 

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $87,081 and $123,666 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $175,420 and $411,664 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

The estimated future amortization expense of our intangible assets as of September 30, 2013 is as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,   Amount  
2013   $ 87,081  
2014     319,268  
2015     319,268  
2016     245,281  
2017     190,064  
Thereafter     490,730  
Total   $ 1,651,692