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Patenting Air or Protecting Property? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 11 Dec 2003 11:13 AM PST

Acacia Research is now targeting mainstream media companies on its crucial streaming media patent, after getting its way with online adult operations...read this one carefully… It is seeking fees from…

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Acacia A Thorn in Adult Industry’s Side, Or Wherever - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 04 Nov 2003 06:11 AM PST

Acacia Research’s patents on streaming have been a huge issue in the online adult industry...trade pubs have written on it extensively, and this article explains the implications clearly. The company…

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TheStreet.com Posts Its Narrowest-Ever Loss - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 16 Oct 2003 04:10 AM PST

TheStreet.com has reported net Q3 losses of $865,200, on revenues of $6.7 million, compared to losses of $1.9 million in the year-ago quarter, as well as losses of $1.3 million…

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Patent Holder Unplugs Porn Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 24 Sep 2003 01:10 AM PST

Acacia Research, the controversial holding company that has a stack of streaming media patents briefly shut down a network of pornography Web sites over the weekend in an ominous sign…

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Acacia Gets More Licensing Wins - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 15 Sep 2003 10:10 AM PST

Acacia Media Technologies, the controversial company which has been actively pursuing adult content companies for payments against its streaming media patent, has made some more wins in its case: two…

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TheStreet.com Ties Up With Bloomberg For Distribution - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 15 Sep 2003 04:09 AM PST

In a powerful boost for TheStreet.com, it has tied up with Bloomberg. The agreement is to distribute TheStreet.com products to Bloomberg financial professional users worldwide, via the Bloomberg Professional Service…

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TheStreet.com Announces Hoenig Litigation Dropped - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 13 Aug 2003 03:08 PM PST

TheStreet.com and financial commentator Jonathan Hoenig each dropped lawsuits against the other...the claims were resolved without payment from either party. In February, Hoenig filed a defamation lawsuit against James Cramer…

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TheStreet.com Reports First Positive Cash Flow Quarter - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 18 Jul 2003 03:07 AM PST

TheStreet.com has reported its first quarter of positive cash flow earnings. Net revenue was $6.4 million in Q2, ‘03, a 17 percent increase over the year-ago period. Net loss shrunk…

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Acacia Wins Streaming Patent Injunction - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Jul 2003 12:07 PM PST

The U.S. District Court for Central California has issued injunctions against five adult companies using Acacia’s patented streaming technology: this is a significant win for the company as it is…

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Web Porn Pushers in Patent Fight - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 11 Jul 2003 11:07 AM PST

Acacia Media Technologies, which has been actively pursuing adult content companies for payments against its streaming media patent, may go for the big guns: If Acacia can line up enough…

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TheStreet.com’s Losses Narrow, Subscription Revenues Increase 42 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Apr 2003 04:05 AM PST

TheStreet.com’s (Nasdaq: TSCM) first-quarter loss was $2.1 million, compared with a loss of $3.7 million in the same period last year. Revenue rose 39 percent from a year earlier to…

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10-K Watch: TheStreet.com’s Annual Subscriptions Drop - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 10 Apr 2003 01:05 AM PST

TheStreet.com’s annual subscription revenues dropped to 56 percent of the net revenues in 2002, compared to 71 percent in 2001. Interesting reasons: “[P]artially due to the Company’s initial need to…

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A Patent On Streaming Video Porn - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:04 AM PST

Acacia Research says it owns five U.S. and 17 international patents covering the transmission and receipt of digital audio and digital video content and is going after smallish adult Internet…

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Jonathan Hoenig Files Suit Against - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Feb 2003 03:02 AM PST

Jonathan Hoenig Files Suit Against James Cramer and TheStreet.com: Another Cramer controversy. The complaint alleges that Cramer made untrue statements (in a Column on TheStreet.com) that harmed Hoenig’s reputation in…

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Streaming Patent Claims Go to Court - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Feb 2003 04:03 AM PST

Acacia Media Technologies, a company owning broad patents that could affect virtually all companies streaming audio or video online, is going to court for the first time to test its…

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TheStreet.com’s Subscriptions Surge: TheStreet.com said - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 11 Feb 2003 05:02 AM PST

TheStreet.com’s Subscriptions Surge: TheStreet.com said it lost $1.2 million, vs. a loss of $6.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Revenues rose to $6 million, up 55 percent from the same…

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Patent Scare Hits Streaming Industry: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 06 Feb 2003 06:02 AM PST

A patent claim with profound implications for the online content industry.  A company called Acacia Media Technologies is claiming patents on the process of transmitting compressed audio or video online,…

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TheStreet.com Launches New Subscription Product: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 28 Jan 2003 10:02 AM PST

TheStreet.com Launches New Subscription Product: TheStreet.com has launched a new subscription offering: the Save Safe Plan, an advice site/service for “establishing and maintaining a well-balanced long-term portfolio...and create a secure…

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TheStreet.com Appoints Academic to Board, - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Jan 2003 08:01 AM PST

TheStreet.com Appoints Academic to Board, Fred Wilson out of the Board: Dr. Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management and founder of its Chief Executive Leadership…

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TheStreet.com Losing Annual Subscribers Due - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 15 Nov 2002 07:11 AM PST

TheStreet.com Losing Annual Subscribers Due to Technical Glitch: In the latest 10-Q Filing, TheStreet.com reveals that its backend subscription system, which has been giving it trouble for more than two…

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TheStreet.com’s New Unit Part of - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Nov 2002 04:11 AM PST

TheStreet.com’s New Unit Part of a Bigger Strategy: WSJ.com analyzes the prospects of TheStreet.com’s new subsidiary Independent Research Group. It remains to be seen whether TheStreet.com can make money from…

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TheStreet.com Forms Research Unit: TheStreet.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 13 Nov 2002 07:11 AM PST

TheStreet.com Forms Research Unit: TheStreet.com has formed a new company, called Independent Research Group, to sell independent stock research and has named a former J.P. Morgan H&Q managing director to…

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TheStreet.com Charging $35 For Chat - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Oct 2002 01:10 AM PST

TheStreet.com Charging $35 For Chat with Jim Cramer: That TheStreet.com’s world still revolves around Cramer is perhaps obvious, however much the company may want to deny it. Now the company…

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TheStreet.com’s Subs. Revenues for Q3: - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Oct 2002 11:10 AM PST

TheStreet.com’s Subs. Revenues for Q3: TheStreet.com’s third-quarter losses narrowed as the company conserved its cash and cut costs, but revenues slipped from second-quarter levels. Subscription revenue rose 71 percent on…

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TheStreet.com To Turn Premium Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 09 Sep 2002 05:09 AM PST

TheStreet.com To Turn Premium Sites Free on 9/11: The Street.com will turn its premium sites RealMoney and RealMoney Pro free for Sep. 11. The site has also packaged together stories…

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