SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

The Company's segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023						2022
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total		Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
License fees	$	4,176	$	—	$	4,176	$	2,615	$	—	$	2,615
Printers and parts	—		4,464		4,464		—		4,254		4,254
Consumable products	—		5,170		5,170		—		5,384		5,384
Services	—		993		993		—		1,254		1,254
Total revenues	4,176		10,627		14,803		2,615		10,892		13,507
Cost of revenues:
Inventor royalties	221		—		221		170		—		170
Contingent legal fees	532		—		532		549		—		549
Litigation and licensing expenses	1,384		—		1,384		1,244		—		1,244
Amortization of patents	2,601		—		2,601		2,601		—		2,601
Cost of sales	—		5,220		5,220		—		4,192		4,192
Total cost of revenues	4,738		5,220		9,958		4,564		4,192		8,756
Segment gross profit	(562)		5,407		4,845		(1,949)		6,700		4,751
Other operating expenses:
Engineering and development expenses	—		216		216		—		190		190
Sales and marketing expenses	—		1,913		1,913		—		2,016		2,016
Amortization of intangible assets	—		433		433		—		433		433
General and administrative expenses	1,897		2,285		4,182		1,716		2,422		4,138
Total other operating expenses	1,897		4,847		6,744		1,716		5,061		6,777
Segment operating (loss) income	$	(2,459)	$	560	(1,899)		$	(3,665)	$	1,639	(2,026)
Parent general and administrative expenses					7,425						6,482
Operating loss					(9,324)						(8,508)
Total other (expense) income					21,254						(79,636)
(Loss) income before income taxes					$	11,930					$	(88,144)

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(In thousands)
Equity securities investments:
Equity securities	$	60,724	$	61,608
Equity securities without readily determinable fair value	5,816		5,816
Equity method investments	30,934		30,934
Total parent equity securities investments	97,474		98,358
Other parent assets	235,144		156,394
Segment total assets:
Intellectual property operations	171,639		176,119
Industrial operations	52,347		52,057
Total assets	$	556,604	$	482,928

Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023						2022
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total		Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Revenues by geographic area:
United States	$	673	$	4,234	$	4,907	$	2,097	$	3,849	$	5,946
Canada and Latin America	501		219		720		6		372		378
Total Americas	1,174		4,453		5,627		2,103		4,221		6,324
Europe, Middle East and Africa	—		2,965		2,965		500		2,508		3,008
China	3,000		843		3,843		—		1,133		1,133
India	—		828		828		—		1,749		1,749
Asia-Pacific, excluding China and India	2		1,538		1,540		12		1,281		1,293
Total Asia-Pacific	3,002		3,209		6,211		12		4,163		4,175
Total revenues	$	4,176	$	10,627	$	14,803	$	2,615	$	10,892	$	13,507

Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas

	March 31, 2023
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Long-lived tangible assets by geographic area:
United States	$	290	$	255	$	545
Malaysia	—		2,543		2,543
Other foreign countries	—		187		187
Total	$	290	$	2,985	$	3,275

	December 31, 2022
	Intellectual Property Operations		Industrial Operations		Total
	(In thousands)
Long-lived tangible assets by geographic area:
United States	$	324	$	302	$	626
Malaysia	—		2,703		2,703
Other foreign countries	—		208		208
Total	$	324	$	3,213	$	3,537