INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

The Company's intangible assets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	March 31, 2015							December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Amortization Period	Weighted Average Useful Life
Supply and distribution agreements	$	819,293	$	(186,578	)	$	632,715	$	842,642	$	(188,441	)	$	654,201	10 - 20 years	16 years

Technology	109,091		(46,782		)	62,309		108,987		(43,746		)	65,241		1 - 5 years	5 years

Patents	1,623		(1,534		)	89		1,623		(1,524		)	99		15 years	15 years

Internet domain names	37,246		(16,498		)	20,748		41,652		(16,895		)	24,757		2 - 20 years	8 years

Trade names	1,671,026		(120,585		)	1,550,441		1,674,218		(100,850		)	1,573,368		5 - 20 years	20 years

Non-compete agreements	21,720		(5,678		)	16,042		21,000		(3,908		)	17,092		3 years	3 years

Other	141		(138		)	3		141		(138		)	3		3 - 10 years	3 years
Total intangible assets	$	2,660,140	$	(377,793	)	$	2,282,347	$	2,690,263	$	(355,502	)	$	2,334,761

Intangible assets with determinable lives are amortized on a straight-line basis. Intangible asset amortization expense was approximately $43.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and $22.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The amortization expense for intangible assets for the remainder of 2015, the annual expense for the next five years, and the expense thereafter is expected to be as follows (in thousands):



2015	$	126,037
2016	166,245
2017	159,042
2018	140,470
2019	130,596
2020	123,701
Thereafter	1,436,256
	$	2,282,347

The change in goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2015 consists of the following (in thousands):



Balance at December 31, 2014	$	3,326,474
Acquisitions	26,935
Currency translation adjustments	(25,625		)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	3,327,784

A substantial portion of the intangibles and goodwill relates to the acquisition of OpenTable in July 2014 and KAYAK in May 2013.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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