Patent assertion entity Acacia Research and subsidiary Brilliant...
Patent assertion entity Acacia Research and subsidiary Brilliant Optical Solutions have settled a patent lawsuit against XO Communications and secured a patent licensing agreement with the fiber provider, Acacia Research said Friday (http://bit.ly/1g6wy5V). The suit, filed in U.S. District Court…
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in St. Louis, claimed XO had violated the Brilliant Optical Solutions-owned U.S. Patent No. 5,555,478, which covers a packet-based fiber network that would bypass typical transmission bottlenecks. Acacia filed identical lawsuits over the patent against Comcast, Cox Communications, EarthLink, FairPoint Communications, Google, Time Warner Cable, Windstream and Zayo Group. Google settled its case in August, while Windstream settled in September, Acacia said.