Acacia Research Group

The Bridge Between
Invention and Application

returns to Patent Owners

638,637,000

Rewarding idea makers
& the world changers.

Our partnership with patent owners is the cornerstone of our corporate strategy. Acacia is an intermediary in the patent marketplace unlocking financial value in patented inventions.

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July 24, 2014

Acacia Subsidiary Enters Into Settlement & Patent License Agreement With Pregis Corporation, Pregis Innovative Packaging Corporation, Innovative Energy, Inc. & Energie Innovation, Inc.

July 24, 2014

Acacia Subsidiary Enters Into Royalty-Bearing Patent License Agreement With Technotree OYJ

July 22, 2014

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July 24, 2014

Live Webcast: Acacia Research To Release Second Quarter Financial Results And Host Conference Call

Conference Call

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May 28-29, 2014

Live Webcast: Cowen & Company 42nd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

New York, NY

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April 17, 2014

Live Webcast: Acacia Research To Release First Quarter Financial Results And Host Conference Call

Conference Call

In the news

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Patent Licenser Doesn’t Want Reform Aimed At ‘Trolls’ To Adversely Affect His Industry

Legal Newsline Legal Journal

04/21/2014

Seeking To Profit From Patents

Los Angeles Times

04/06/2014

How To Value IP Portfolios For Acquisition

Intellectual Asset Management Magazine

Issue 57 January/February 2014

Case Studies

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ACCESS Case Study

Founded in Japan in 1979, ACCESS Co. Ltd. is a pioneering software developer for connected and mobile devices. In 2005, ACCESS acquired PalmSource, the software spinout of mobile device innovator Palm Computing, Inc. ACCESS merged the ...

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Dr. David Breed and Automotive Technologies International Case Study

Dr. David Breed, Chairman of Automotive Technologies International (ATI), and Acacia Research began collaborating on the monetization of his 300+ patent portfolio in February of 2012. Dr. Breed, a seminal U.S. inventor of automotive ...

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Damodar Periwal and Software Tree – A Case Study

After years working at various high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, computer scientist Damodar Periwal founded “Software Tree.” Software Tree invented a novel system that seamlessly exchanges data and commands between relational ...

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White Papers and Articles

The Patent System Is A Boon - Not A Drain - To The American Economy (6/2014)

This story appears on Forbes.com. Capitol Flows, Contributor with guest post written by David Kappos, former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and a senior adviser to the Partnership for American Innovation, a trade group funded by Apple, DuPont, Ford, General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and Pfizer.

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White Papers and Articles

History of Innovation: Thomas Edison Was a “Patent Troll” (5/2014)

Adam Mossoff is professor of law at George Mason University, and a senior scholar in the Center for Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason.

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Inventing the Smart Phone: Why the ‘Trolls’ Were Saviors (5/2014)

Written by Dr. Rocco Leonard Martino. Posted May 1, 2014.