Acacia enlarges its portfolio

This report arrived yesterday from CNET:

Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouse

After aggressive push for streaming media royalties, firm buys patents in P2P, Web ads, dozens of other technologies.

Thursday December 16, 2004 12:44PM PST

http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5494119.html

The outquote:

"We will continue to acquire additional portfolios, as Acacia moves towards its goal of becoming the leading technology licensing company."
--Paul Ryan, CEO, Acacia

The dictionary entry:

technology licensing - See abusive patents.

Steve

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