Colleges Join Forces to Fight Company's Patent Claims to Certain Online Audio and Video Technology

More than 50 colleges have agreed to collaborate on a legal defense against a company that claims to hold patents on the concept of streaming audio and video recordings online -- and that is demanding payments from colleges and companies that rely on streaming technology.

The company, Acacia Media Technologies, a subsidiary of the Acacia Research Corporation, of Newport Beach, Calif., is renewing efforts to enforce its patents even though it suffered a legal blow in federal court

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