Patent trolls reel as court smackdowns lead to collapse in share price
There is broad contempt for patent trolls in the tech industry, but that has done little to deter them. Now, however, it looks like the market is getting tired of them too.
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Amazon hit by patent suit over internet links
Patent trolls appear to be flourishing despite repeated calls for Washington to rein them in. The latest evidence includes new lawsuits against Amazon, Dell and HP over a system for inserting links into news articles.
Patent troll tries to mangle hand craft site Etsy
Etsy is an online marketplace where users buy and sell handmade and vintage goods. Last week, the Brooklyn-based company with the folksy feel raised a $40 million investment.
Amazon Sued Over Kindle Screensavers
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), already facing a number of patent lawsuits over its Kindle e-readers, was hit with a new one this week.
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Amazon Ends Lawsuit Over Kindle Fire
In a surprise development, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has quietly resolved a lawsuit that alleges its Kindle Fire violates four patents related to…
Kindle Fire Hit With Patent Suit
Amazon’s new tablet won’t be available until November 15, but it’s never too early to file a patent suit. Smartphone Technologies LLC, which…
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WGA Strike: Ad Agency React: ‘The Aftermath Begins’; Upfront Presentations Remain In Doubt
While broadcast media buyers and marketers are likely to feel relieved by the end of the work stoppage, some contend that too much damage ha…
Patent Firm Acacia Loses Case Against Microsoft; More To Come?
The notorious patent holding company Acacia Research, which first came to light in the digital media industry for claiming broad patents in…
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@ FOBM: Amid Consolidation, Forbes.com Looks To Further Define Itself Against Its Print Version
One year after Forbes sold a significant minority stake to Elevation Partners, Rafat Ali, ContentNext’s publisher and editor, opened the Fut…
Earnings: Acacia’s Patent Loot
Acacia, the controversial digital-media patent holding company, has reported its Q2 results and a bunch of details on its growing portfolio…
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Patents In Digital Media
Companies are trying to profit from patents, but do they protect unsung inventors–or opportunist litigants? A News.com story which includes…
Acacia’s Continued Quest For Cable TV Licensing
Controversial streaming media patent company Acacia said it has signed up its 200th license agreement for its patents. These licenses includ…
Acacia Reports Q3 Revenues For Its Patents
Acacia, the controversial streaming media patent holding company (among other things) has reported its Q3 revenues…I’ll quote the relevant…
Acacia Defense Fund Set Up, To Defend Adult Sites
Acacia, the controversial streaming patent company, is generating some more heat: some people have set up the “Acacia Defense Fund”, to defe…
Hotspot Operators Face New Patent Fee Demand From Acacia
Acacia, the streaming media patent firm that has caused a lot of heartburn and controversy among the digital media industry, is now going af…
Acacia Steps Up Lawsuits Aagainst Cable TV
It has sued a second round of cable companies for patent infringement….Monday’s suits targeted 20 small cable companies, mostly in Arizona…
Acacia Inks Bloomberg Licensing Deal
Controversial streaming media patent company Acacia has licensed its patents usage to Bloomberg.
Acacia has been aggressively pursing colleg…
Acacia Lowers Streaming Video Royalties
(via Techdirt) Acacia, the controversial streaming media patent company, is lowering its royalty demands of the nation’s colleges and univer…
Acacia Licenses Patent to iFilm
Another Acacia victim…it now has 170 license agreements. Read the dedicated section on Acacia for more details…
Acacia Releases Second Wave Aimed at Colleges and Universities
An analysis of controversial streaming media patent company Acacia’s recent drive against academic institutions…
Acacia Takes Aim at Colleges
In a moment of hubris, controversial streaming media patent company Acacia is now going after the education sector..it has sent letters to d…
Acacia Builds Streaming Patent Licensees
As I reported before, the controversial streaming media patent company Acacia is set to pursue licensing agreements with WiFi distributors a…
Acacia Gets Another Patent
As if the present ones weren’t enough, the controversial streaming media patent company Acacia has bought another patent from LodgeNet Enter…
Acacia’s Patent Case Weakened; Shares Drop 37%
(reg. req.): A federal judge this week weakened the patent-infringement lawsuit filed by the controversial Acacia, which claims key patents…
Acacia Signs First Cable TV Patent License
Acacia, the controversial streaming media patent holder, has signed up its first cable TV deal with Central Valley Cable TV, a provider in C…
Acacia’s Streaming Media Patents
If you want a lowdown on all the patents that Acacia owns, have a look at the link above..a convenient way to browse etc…
Of course, for a…
Acacia Patent War Will Move to Wireless
As its licensing push gathers momentum, Acacia Technologies, owner of some controversial streaming media patents, is setting its sights on t…
Following Web Players, Acacia Goes After Cable and Satellite in Patent Brew
Updated: See Below: Acacia Media Technologies, which holds a controversial patent on transmission and receipt of digital content, is now goi…
Acacia Still a Hot-Button Issue
Details on the controversial Acacia multi-media patent from the horses mouth, though the company claims it is not so much of an issue now, a…
Acacia Technologies Licenses Patent to T. Rowe Price
I’ve written about Acacia’s streaming media patent here before..it has licensed it patent to financial company T. Rowe Price.
The license t…
Acacia Technologies Licenses Digital Media Transmission Technology to Playboy
So Playboy also gives in…
Update: AVN: “Acacia is showing their best business strategy,” Goldberg told AVN.com, “which is the ‘they jump-y…
Update on Acacia-Disney Deal
Well, Disney is not commenting on the deal: “We don’t comment on patent licenses,” says a WDIG spokesperson, which is fair enough. Meanwhile…
Disney Gives In To Acacia’s Demands; License Streaming Media Patent
The streaming media patent controversy surrounding Acacia has claimed its first mainstream victim: Walt Disney. Acacia, a little known holdi…
Invention Debate Begins Acacia Process
Interesting details on the Acacia case hearing, going on in Snata Ana on Friday…
Related: Patent Depending: Today’s Hearing Could Seal Fat…
Acacia Given Controversial Streaming Patent in Europe as Well
Rejoice, you’re about to get, well, busy, in Europe as well…Acacia Research, which holds a controversial U.S. patent on streaming on the W…
2 US Companies, Acacia and USA Video, Claim to Own Patents Covering VOD
An interesting story in the latest Interactive TV Today (ITVT) newsletter by Tracy Swedlow (not available online) about the controversy invo…
Class Action Equals Efficient Reach: Acacia
Acacia Research says it was prompted to seek a class-action assignment for its litigation against two defendants in order to “more efficient…
Patenting Air or Protecting Property?
Acacia Research is now targeting mainstream media companies on its crucial streaming media patent, after getting its way with online adult o…
Acacia A Thorn in Adult Industry’s Side, Or Wherever
Acacia Research’s patents on streaming have been a huge issue in the online adult industry…trade pubs have written on it extensively, and…
Patent Holder Unplugs Porn Network
Acacia Research, the controversial holding company that has a stack of streaming media patents briefly shut down a network of pornography We…
Acacia Gets More Licensing Wins
Acacia Media Technologies, the controversial company which has been actively pursuing adult content companies for payments against its strea…
Acacia Wins Streaming Patent Injunction
The U.S. District Court for Central California has issued injunctions against five adult companies using Acacia’s patented streaming technol…
Web Porn Pushers in Patent Fight
Acacia Media Technologies, which has been actively pursuing adult content companies for payments against its streaming media patent, may go…
A Patent On Streaming Video Porn
Acacia Research says it owns five U.S. and 17 international patents covering the transmission and receipt of digital audio and digital video…
Streaming Patent Claims Go to Court
Acacia Media Technologies, a company owning broad patents that could affect virtually all companies streaming audio or video online, is goin…
Patent Scare Hits Streaming Industry:
A patent claim with profound implications for the online content industry. A company called Acacia Media Technologies is claiming patents o…
