-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, F36vkgy6E3r9F3XMu70iZP08toRjxrrrOkgieHZfNpmW8UtKFlI0bjAt73ImZuEx 59NZu4W2ET9sCBrEZ83dkA== 0001019687-10-001102.txt : 20100324 0001019687-10-001102.hdr.sgml : 20100324 20100324060409 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019687-10-001102 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100323 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20100324 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100324 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACACIA RESEARCH CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000934549 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 954405754 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26068 FILM NUMBER: 10700494 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: 7TH FLOOR CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 BUSINESS PHONE: 9494808300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: # CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 8-K 1 acacia_8k-032310.htm ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION FORM 8-K acacia_8k-032310.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2010


ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
000-26068
(Commission
File Number)
95-4405754
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
 
500 Newport Center Drive,
Newport Beach, California  92660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(949) 480-8300
Registrant's telephone number, including area code


(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 satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
Software Tree LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation, has entered into a confidential settlement and license agreement with Dell Inc.  The agreement resolves patent litigation, Civil Action Case No. 6:08-cv-0097-LED, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas with respect to the identified parties.

 
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.
 
 
  ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION  
       
Date:  March 23, 2010 
By:
/s/ Paul R. Ryan  
    Name:   Paul R. Ryan  
    Title:     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  
       
            


 
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