Acacia
Jenna Joins Acacia Defense Group
Jenna Jameson tossed her hat into the ring today in the battle against Acacia Media Technologies Corporation. The porn superstar has been affiliated with the defense group for some time now, ever since she was named in class action lawsuit filed by Acacia in December 2003.
Acacia Pursues Class Action Against Adult
Acacia filed papers in court this week including a motion to create a defendant class covering all porn companies that have allegedly infringed on its Digital Media Transmission (DMT) patents and whose video content can be received in the judicial Central District of California.
Acacia Releases 1st Quarter Results
Acacia Research Corporation announced its first quarter financial results Wednesday after the close of trading on Wall Street. For the quarter ending March 31, Acacia reported revenues of $599,000 in licensing fees, up from $6,000 in the first quarter period of 2003.
Acacia Beefs Up Legal Team
Acacia Research Corp. has expanded its legal team by tapping a seasoned intellectual property attorney to focus on negotiating licensing deals for streaming media technology. The company has filed suit against numerous online adult companies, which have either settled or signed deals.
Acacia Signs T. Rowe Price
In its first ever license agreement for the use of video-on-demand for corporate websites, Acacia Technologies Group nabbed a top-tier investment firm Monday, a possible sign that the streaming of in-house corporate demos or archived content could come at a higher-than-expected price.
Adult v. Acacia Gets Another Day in Court
The second Markman hearing proceeding took place in U.S. District Court as Judge James Ware heard testimony regarding four terms and phrases at issue in the ongoing litigation process between Acacia Technologies Group and 13 adult entertainment defendants.
Second Acacia Hearing On Friday
The second Markman Hearing will be held tomorrow, April 9, in Santa Ana as the adult industry defense group goes up against Acacia Technology Group over a handful of Digital Media Technologies (DMT) patents that relate to streaming audio and video over the Internet.
Acacia Bags the Bunny
Acacia Technologies Group started off the week with a major adult entertainment player under its wing. The patent holder announced Monday that it had licensed its streaming media technology to Playboy Enterprises Inc. and its online property Playboy.com.
Acacia Signs Disney
Acacia Technologies Group snapped out of a period of relative inactivity Thursday with the announcement that it has licensed its DMT technology to Disney Enterprises Inc., a unit of Walt Disney Corp., and its Internet subsidiary, Walt Disney Internet Group, which includes the Disney, ESPN, and ABCNews websites, all of which utilize streaming media technology.
Acacia Announces Q4 Results
Acacia reported licensing profits of $481,000 for the fourth quarter, up from $186,000 in the previous quarter, the company announced late Thursday at an earnings conference
Cybernet Counters Acacia
In addition to denying any knowledge of infringement, the operator of AdultCheck lodged 'inequitable conduct' allegations against Acacia
Acacia Secures European Patents
Acacia has secured 14 additional DMT patents that cover a wider swath of Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands
Topbucks Signs With Acacia
Right on the heels of Internext, Acacia announced Monday that it has signed a licensing agreement for its DMT streaming media technology with Cyberheat, Inc., parent company of affiliate program Topbucks and more than 75 other adult content sites
Acacia Signs General Dynamics
In the second mainstream licensing agreement this week, Acacia Media Technologies continued its determined course to make all patent infringers that use its DMT streaming technology either pay up or risk getting sued
Acacia Goes After E-Learning
After launching its pursuit of the e-learning industry a few months ago, Acacia Media Technologies announced its first licensing agreement with an online learning establishment based in Texas
Acacia Names New Defendants
Acacia Technologies Group threw a surprise curve ball at the adult entertainment industry at the opening of the market Thursday with the announcement that it has added eight more adult companies to its ongoing patent litigation process
Acacia Signs 100th License
To make matters even more challenging for webmasters, Acacia has now tacked on an added fee, referred to as a 'contract administrative fee,' which will start at $500 in January and will climb in $250 increments every month
Dealing With Acacia
Reinhard hasn't been served with the infamous "Acacia Packet" – nor has he seen it; but given all of the rants he's read on the various message boards, there's a few things he would like to share
Acacia Lawsuit Inches Forward
The discovery period for the next scheduled hearing will be shortened and could shine favorably on the defense, in this case a group of thirteen adult entertainment companies that are contesting Acacia's patents
Webmasters v. Acacia
What many people hoped would be the first round in a down-and-dirty counter-suit between webmasters and Acacia was just a private conference call between lawyers