Update: Streaming-media patent troll goes respectable?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2004 derided Acacia Technologies Group’s claims of ownership over streaming-media technology as “laughably broad” (see Aug. 17, 2004), but the firm has prospered since then through licensing deals with big companies. It hasn’t had to face its toughest courtroom challenges yet, though. (Xenia P. Kobylarz, “Extreme Makeover: From Patent Troll […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2004 derided Acacia Technologies Group’s claims of ownership over streaming-media technology as “laughably broad” (see Aug. 17, 2004), but the firm has prospered since then through licensing deals with big companies. It hasn’t had to face its toughest courtroom challenges yet, though. (Xenia P. Kobylarz, “Extreme Makeover: From Patent Troll to the Belle of the Ball”, IP Law & Business, Feb. 15).

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