Patently Offensive

[SatelliteGuys Reporter]

Acacia Research the controversial intellectual property firm that claims to own a patent on most forms of Internet video streaming wanted a fight with the porn industry. Now it's got one. In a preliminary ruling last week known as a Markman Order the California federal judge overseeing several of Acacia's patent-infringement cases agreed that while seven of the underlying definitions that form the basis of the company's patent claims were likely valid 12 other terms or phrases were debatable.

http://www.forbes.com/enterprisetech/2004/07/20/cz_sl_0720acacia.html