A subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation, easily one of the world’s most annoying patent trolls, has managed to force Amazon.com into settling a pending patent lawsuit.
The subsidiary, Adjustacam LLC, originally filed suit against dozens of retailers in July 2010, including Amazon, Dell, Wal-Mart, Newegg.com, Eastman Kodak, Target, Sears, Overstock.com and Radioshack.
Last week, Acacia announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with other defendants in the case, namely CompUSA.com, Systemax and Tiger Direct.
Late last year, it also settled with Creative Technology and Creative Labs.
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The main difference between that settlement and the deal with Amazon, based on the wording of the short press releases, is that Amazon isn’t said to have entered a licensing agreement with the Acacia subsidiary per se.
Terms of the Amazon settlement agreement were, however, not disclosed.
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