Concord Corporation had intangible assets including a patent acquired in 2022 with a 10 year useful life and a copyright from 2016 with a 10 year useful life. During 2023, the company defended its patent successfully incurring $36,000 in legal costs, spent $257,500 on R&D developing a new patent with a useful life equal to its legal life of costs of $40,000, paid $54,500 to a quarterback for commercials airing in September and October, and acquired a new copyright for $237,000 with a 50 year useful life and legal life.
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1. The intangible assets section of Concord Corporation's balance sheet at December 31, 2022, is
presented here. The patent was acquired in January 2022 and has a useful life of 10 years. The
copyright was acquired in January 2016 and also has a useful life of 10 years. The following cash
transactions may have affected intangible assets during 2023. Jan. 2 Paid $36 , 000 legal costs to
successfully defend the patent against infringement by another company. Jan- June Developed a
new product, incurring $257 , 500 in research and development costs. A patent was granted for
the product on July 1 , and its useful life is equal to its legal life. Legal and other costs for the
patent were $40 , 000 . Sept. 1 Paid $54 , 500 to a quarterback to appear in commercials
advertising the company's products. The commercials will air in September and October. Oct. 1
Acquired a copyright for $237 , 000 . The copyright has a useful life and legal life of 50 years.
Prepare journal entries to record the transactions. (Record entries in the order displayed in the
problem statement. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do
not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0
for the amounts.)