Segment Reporting

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 12 – Segment Reporting

From 2005 until the second quarter of 2009, the Company operated in a single business segment, Patent Licensing. With the commencement of Counsel RB’s operations in the second quarter of 2009, the Company diversified into a second segment, Asset Liquidation. For the six months ending June 30, 2012 and 2011, only the Asset Liquidation segment had revenues and assets sufficiently significant to require separate reporting.

There are no material inter-segment revenues. The Company’s business is conducted principally in the U.S. and Canada. The table below presents information about the Asset Liquidation segment of the Company as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011:

	For the three months ended June 30,
	2012			2011
	Asset Liquidation			Asset Liquidation
Revenues from external customers	$	3,831		$	11,735
Earnings from equity accounted asset liquidation investments		158			157
Other income (expense)		(318	)		14
Interest expense		48			52
Depreciation and amortization		8			—
Segment income (loss)		(160	)		4,816
Investment in equity accounted asset liquidation investees		1,677			1,471
Segment assets		20,472			5,869

	For the six months ended June 30,
	2012			2011
	Asset Liquidation			Asset Liquidation
Revenues from external customers	$	6,865		$	12,469
Earnings from equity accounted asset liquidation investments		1,227			1,717
Other income (expense)		(308	)		14
Interest expense		104			136
Depreciation and amortization		11			—
Segment income		1,065			4,454

The following table reconciles reportable segment information to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company:

	Three months ended June 30, 2012			Three months ended June 30, 2011			Six months ended June 30, 2012			Six months ended June 30, 2011
Total other income (expense) and earnings from equity accounted investments for reportable segments	$	(160	)	$	171		$	919		$	1,731
Unallocated other income (loss) and earnings (loss) from equity investments from corporate accounts		(6	)		35			(53	)		50
	$	(166	)	$	206		$	866		$	1,781
Total interest expense for reportable segments	$	48		$	52		$	104		$	136
Unallocated interest expense from related party debt		8			—			11			—
	$	56		$	52		$	115		$	136
Total depreciation and amortization for reportable segments	$	8		$	—		$	11		$	—
Other unallocated depreciation from corporate assets		—			—			—			—
	$	8		$	—		$	11		$	—
Total segment income (loss)	$	(160	)	$	4,816		$	1,065		$	4,454
Other income (loss)		(6	)		35			(53	)		50
Other corporate expenses (primarily corporate level interest, general and administrative expenses)		(542	)		(333	)		(1,017	)		(395	)
Income tax expense (recovery)		(287	)		978			26			380
Net income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(421	)	$	3,540		$	(31	)	$	3,729

	As at June 30, 2012		As at June 30, 2011
Segment assets	$	20,472	$	5,869
Other assets not allocated to segments(1)		35,548		12,253
	$	56,020	$	18,122

(1) Other assets not allocated to segments are corporate assets such as cash, non-trade accounts receivable, prepaid insurance, investments and deferred income tax assets.