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Intellectual Property

Jun. 19, 2014

Yahoo wins patent case against Acacia

A group of defendants led by Yahoo Inc. secured a stipulated judgment of noninfringement against a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corp., the Newport Beach-based patent holding company.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A group of defendants led by Yahoo Inc. secured a stipulated judgment of noninfringement against a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corp., the Newport Beach-based patent holding company. U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow in Chicago entered judgment last week after establishing that the allegedly infringing email and electronic messaging systems offered by Yahoo and other websites fell outside the bounds of the Acacia's patents. Earlier i...

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