Litigation	12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2016
Loss Contingency [Abstract]
Litigation	LITIGATION On August 9, 2013, Harbinger Capital Partners, LLC and additional plaintiffs (“Harbinger Plaintiffs”) filed a lawsuit against Deere & Co., Garmin, the Company and two other defendants in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan in connection with Plaintiffs’ investment in LightSquared. The Harbinger Plaintiffs alleged, among other things, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, claiming that the defendants were aware of material facts that caused the Federal Communications Commission to take adverse action against LightSquared and failed to disclose those facts prior to Plaintiffs’ investment in LightSquared, and sought $1.9 billion in damages from the defendants. On November 1, 2013, LightSquared, Inc. and several related parties (“LightSquared Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the same defendants, asserting similar state law claims to those made in the Harbinger lawsuit, as well as additional claims, including breach of contract. On February 5, 2015, the U.S. District Court dismissed all claims brought by the Harbinger Plaintiffs and the majority of those brought by the LightSquared Plaintiffs. On February 11, 2015, the Harbinger Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal of the District Court’s dismissal of their claims. The District Court’s dismissal of claims of the Harbinger Plaintiffs was affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on December 7, 2015. Incident to approval of its bankruptcy reorganization plan effective December 7, 2015, LightSquared Inc.’s successor under the bankruptcy reorganization plan acquired the claims of the Harbinger Plaintiffs. On December 14, 2015, the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) dismissed all claims against the Company without prejudice pursuant to an initial agreement with the Company. On February 3, 2016, the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) and the Company entered into a settlement agreement which includes mutual releases of all claims between the parties, and which provides for the dismissal of all claims of the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) with prejudice. Under the settlement agreement, the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) further agreed to take no further action to preserve or prosecute the claims of the Harbinger Plaintiffs. On September 2, 2011 Research Data Services, LLC filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska in Anchorage against Trimble Navigation Limited, Cabela’s Incorporated, AT&T Mobility and Alascom, Inc., alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, interference with contract, promissory estoppel, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation. The case was tried in front of a jury in Alaska beginning on September 9, 2014. On September 26, 2014, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and awarded the plaintiff damages of $51.3 million. On January 29, 2015, the court granted our Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, and on March 18, 2015, the Court awarded the Company a portion of its incurred attorneys’ fees and costs, and entered judgment in the Company’s favor in the amount of $0.6 million. The judgment also provides that Plaintiff take nothing on its claims. On April 17, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court. The parties have completed all appellate briefing, and the matter is scheduled for oral argument before the Alaska Supreme Court. On March 12, 2015, Rachel Thompson filed a putative class action complaint in California Superior Court against the Company, the members of its Board of Directors, and JP Morgan Chase Bank. The suit alleges that the Company’s Board of Directors breached their fiduciary obligations to the Company’s shareholders by entering into a credit agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank that contains certain change of control provisions that plaintiff contends are disadvantageous to shareholders. The complaint seeks declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and costs of the action but does not seek monetary damages. The parties have reached a proposed settlement, which would modify one provision of the credit agreement and permit the named plaintiff to seek recovery of attorney’s fees. By order filed February 1, 2016, the Court granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement, ordered that notice be provided to shareholders, and scheduled a hearing to consider any objections to the settlement. From time to time, the Company is also involved in litigation arising out of the ordinary course of our business. There are no other material legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of the Company's or its subsidiaries' property is subject.

LITIGATION

On August 9, 2013, Harbinger Capital Partners, LLC and additional plaintiffs (“Harbinger Plaintiffs”) filed a lawsuit against Deere & Co., Garmin, the Company and two other defendants in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan in connection with Plaintiffs’ investment in LightSquared. The Harbinger Plaintiffs alleged, among other things, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, claiming that the defendants were aware of material facts that caused the Federal Communications Commission to take adverse action against LightSquared and failed to disclose those facts prior to Plaintiffs’ investment in LightSquared, and sought $1.9 billion in damages from the defendants. On November 1, 2013, LightSquared, Inc. and several related parties (“LightSquared Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the same defendants, asserting similar state law claims to those made in the Harbinger lawsuit, as well as additional claims, including breach of contract. On February 5, 2015, the U.S. District Court dismissed all claims brought by the Harbinger Plaintiffs and the majority of those brought by the LightSquared Plaintiffs. On February 11, 2015, the Harbinger Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal of the District Court’s dismissal of their claims. The District Court’s dismissal of claims of the Harbinger Plaintiffs was affirmed by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on December 7, 2015. Incident to approval of its bankruptcy reorganization plan effective December 7, 2015, LightSquared Inc.’s successor under the bankruptcy reorganization plan acquired the claims of the Harbinger Plaintiffs. On December 14, 2015, the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) dismissed all claims against the Company without prejudice pursuant to an initial agreement with the Company. On February 3, 2016, the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) and the Company entered into a settlement agreement which includes mutual releases of all claims between the parties, and which provides for the dismissal of all claims of the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) with prejudice. Under the settlement agreement, the LightSquared Plaintiffs (as reorganized) further agreed to take no further action to preserve or prosecute the claims of the Harbinger Plaintiffs.

On September 2, 2011 Research Data Services, LLC filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska in Anchorage against Trimble Navigation Limited, Cabela’s Incorporated, AT&T Mobility and Alascom, Inc., alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, interference with contract, promissory estoppel, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation. The case was tried in front of a jury in Alaska beginning on September 9, 2014. On September 26, 2014, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and awarded the plaintiff damages of $51.3 million. On January 29, 2015, the court granted our Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, and on March 18, 2015, the Court awarded the Company a portion of its incurred attorneys’ fees and costs, and entered judgment in the Company’s favor in the amount of $0.6 million. The judgment also provides that Plaintiff take nothing on its claims. On April 17, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court. The parties have completed all appellate briefing, and the matter is scheduled for oral argument before the Alaska Supreme Court.

On March 12, 2015, Rachel Thompson filed a putative class action complaint in California Superior Court against the Company, the members of its Board of Directors, and JP Morgan Chase Bank. The suit alleges that the Company’s Board of Directors breached their fiduciary obligations to the Company’s shareholders by entering into a credit agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank that contains certain change of control provisions that plaintiff contends are disadvantageous to shareholders. The complaint seeks declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and costs of the action but does not seek monetary damages. The parties have reached a proposed settlement, which would modify one provision of the credit agreement and permit the named plaintiff to seek recovery of attorney’s fees. By order filed February 1, 2016, the Court granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement, ordered that notice be provided to shareholders, and scheduled a hearing to consider any objections to the settlement.

From time to time, the Company is also involved in litigation arising out of the ordinary course of our business. There are no other material legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of the Company's or its subsidiaries' property is subject.