Acacia Research Corporation
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): March
3, 2007
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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)
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On
March
3, 2007, Spreadsheet Automation Corporation, which is part of the Acacia
Technologies group, and a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation, entered
into a Settlement and License Agreement with Microsoft Corporation covering
a
patent that applies to spreadsheet automation technology.
The
Settlement and License Agreement resolves a pending patent infringement lawsuit,
Case No. 2:05-CV-127, which was filed by Spreadsheet Automation Corporation
against Microsoft in the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Texas, Marshall Division.
SIGNATURES
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 5, 2007
By:
/s/
Paul R. Ryan
Name:
Paul R. Ryan
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer