Microsoft Sues Acacia Over Mobile Patent Licensing

Microsoft Corp filed a lawsuit against Acacia Research Corp., charging that Acacia broke a contract to license various smartphone and mobile computing technologies to Microsoft. The lawsuit, filed under seal in New York federal court, follows a number of patent infringement lawsuits brought by Acacia subsidiaries against Microsoft in October in Texas, Delaware and Illinois.

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