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September 19, 2003 08:11 PM US Eastern Timezone
Acacia Utilizes Court Injunction to Close Down Go Entertainment Websites Violating DMT Patents
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003--Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG; CBMX) announced today that its Acacia Technologies group has caused 42 websites owned by Go Entertainment, Inc. to be closed down. The websites were continuing to utilize Acacia's Digital Media Transmission (DMT) technology in violation of a Court Order.
The District Court for the Central District of California issued an injunction prohibiting Go Entertainment from continuing to use Acacia's DMT technology without a license. Acacia successfully enforced the injunction against Go Entertainment's web hosting company.
Acacia has entered into 40 license agreements for its DMT technology.
Acacia's DMT technology, which is covered by pioneering patents, relates to audio and video transmission and receiving systems, commonly known as audio-on-demand, video-on-demand, and audio/video streaming, and is used for distributing digital content via several means including Internet, cable television, and wireless systems.
ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
Acacia Research Corporation comprises two operating groups, Acacia Technologies Group and CombiMatrix Group.
The Acacia Technologies group licenses its DMT and V-Chip technologies to media and electronics companies. The DMT technology covers the transmission and receipt of digital audio and digital video content, commonly known as audio on-demand, video on-demand, and audio/video streaming, and is supported by 5 U.S. and 17 international patents.
The CombiMatrix group is developing a platform technology to rapidly produce customizable active biochips, which are semiconductor-based tools for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations and proteins. CombiMatrix's technology has a wide range of applications including DNA synthesis/diagnostics, drug discovery, and immunochemical detection. CombiMatrix's Express Track(SM) drug discovery program is a systems biology approach, using its technology, to target common viral diseases with siRNA compounds.
Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies (Nasdaq: ACTG) and Acacia Research-CombiMatrix (Nasdaq:CBMX) are both classes of common stock issued by Acacia Research Corporation and are intended to reflect the performance of the respective operating groups and are not issued by the operating groups.
Information about the Acacia Technologies group and the CombiMatrix group is available at
www.acaciaresearch.com.
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