Judge Rules Acacia Patent Claims Are Invalid

[HunkyLuke]

Remember those boneheads? Well, this xbiz article reports their assertations are invalid. And the article goes on to say its highly improbable that this will be appealed too.

[Bec]

So all those that paid the "hush money" got stiffed ... figures.

[webnet]

great :-)

I remember years ago I received in my home the acacia package to pay the royalties, I always ignore them.

[nickbaer]

i wonder if any of my VOD partners (AEBN, HotMovies, XOD, XTube) ever paid them?

That's money that would have been better used in my pocket.

I hope there is clawback by those that paid!

[webnet]

I think topbucks pay the royalties time ago

[HunkyLuke]

I just found another Acacia story which was released two days after the xbiz one above. This time, its about Microsoft licensing technology from Acacia.

From this story:

Software giant Microsoft Corp. has licensed smartphone patent technology from both Access Co. and a unit of Acacia Research, the latest move to gain a competitive edge in the fast-growing phone sector.

...Meanwhile, Acacia, which came to prominence in 2002, when the company launched a series of patent claims against the online porn industry, has filed several patent claims against Apple, Research in Motion, Samsung, and other manufacturers of smartphones for functions including email synchronization and on-phone capabilities.

so it looks like Acacia will remain around for a while longer

[basschick]

and about time! thanks for the news. i remember the beginning of the acacia thing - i wasn't the only one who sent a donation to spike's organization to help with the fight.

[PornGuy]

I was one of the first to ignore them.. sadly they got my info from Matrix contetnt