Change In Control Employee Severance

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- Definition

Loss contingency, amount of injunction bond to be posted.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 40

-Subparagraph (Note 3)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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The amount of cash paid for the settlement of litigation or for other legal issues during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 25

-Subparagraph (g)

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Amount of the unrecorded obligation to transfer funds in the future for fixed or minimum amounts or quantities of goods or services at fixed or minimum prices (for example, as in take-or-pay contracts or throughput contracts).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 440

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event EUR (€)	Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event Two Additional First Instance Cases EUR (€)
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Future minimum lease obligations, for the year ended December 31, 2014		$ 516,000
Future minimum lease obligations, for the year ended December 31, 2015		204,000
Change in control, if occurs, may require severance benefits payable		567,000
Purchase commitments pending		12,200,000
Legal costs paid in connection with class action lawsuits	250,000
Amount of injunction bond to be posted			€ 500,000	€ 146,000