Reflects potential milestone payments to be received upon achievement of pre-specified milestone.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Represents amount received for sub license.

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- Definition

Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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- Definition

Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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- Definition

Revenue earned during the period relating to consideration received from another party for the right to use, but not own, certain of the entity's intangible assets. Licensing arrangements include, but are not limited to, rights to use a patent, copyright, technology, manufacturing process, software or trademark. Licensing fees are generally, but not always, fixed as to amount and not dependent upon the revenue generated by the licensing party. An entity may receive licensing fees for licenses that also generate royalty payments to the entity.

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LICENSE AGREEMENTS (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
LICENSE AGREEMENTS (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015
License Agreement [Line Items]
License revenue	$ 38,096	$ 38,096	$ 114,286	$ 114,286
Upfront Fee					$ 2,000,000
Deferred Revenue	1,400,000		1,400,000			$ 1,500,000
Income taxes					$ 300,000
JBET Agreement [Member]
License Agreement [Line Items]
Upfront Fee			1,000,000
Additional Amount Receivable On Achievement Of Pre Specified Milestones			177,000,000
TG One One Zero One [Member]
License Agreement [Line Items]
License revenue	38,000	$ 38,000	$ 100,000	$ 100,000
Additional Amount Receivable On Achievement Of Pre Specified Milestones	$ 5,000,000