acacia_8k-051409.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
8-K
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CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2009
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ACACIA
RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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000-26068
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95-4405754
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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500
Newport Center Drive,
Newport
Beach, California
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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92660
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (949)
480-8300
Not
Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On May
18, 2009, Performance Pricing, Inc., a subsidiary of Acacia Research
Corporation, entered into a settlement agreement with Yahoo! Inc. The
settlement agreement resolves patent litigation, Case No. 2:07-cv-432 (LED),
that was pending against Yahoo! In the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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ACACIA
RESEARCH CORPORATION
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Date:
May 19, 2009
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By: /s/ Paul R.
Ryan
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Name: Paul
R. Ryan
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Title:
Chairman and Chief
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Executive
Officer
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