Prospect Co. merges with Stuyvesant, Inc., and acquires several different categories of intangible assets including trademarks, copyrights on artistic materials, agreements to receive royalties on leased intellectual property, and unpatented technology.
a. Describe the criteria for determining whether an intangible asset acquired in a business combination should be separately recognized apart from goodwill.
b. For each of the acquired intangibles listed, identify which recognition criteria (separability and contractual-legal) may or may not apply in recognizing the intangible on the acquiring firm’s financial statements.