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Homegrown Video, Video Secrets, AEBN and the rest of the companies that comprised the Defense Group can raise a toast at last:

The Acacia Defense Group has reason to extremely optimistic that the battle with Acacia over patent rights to send compressed audio and video signals over a network (Internet, cable, satellite) is finally near conclusion. On October 6, 2010, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed the District Court?s Ruling that all of Acacia?s asserted patent claims are invalid. While Acacia has the right to ask the Supreme Court to review the case, the Supreme Court is unlikely to grant review in this matter, let alone reverse the judgment of the lower courts. For this reason, today the Acacia Defense Group has cause for celebration. Spike Goldberg of Homegrown Video who led the Defense Group since its formation declared, "We never backed away from this fight and now we can finally enjoy a victory that benefits our entire industry."

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