Kirsten Hoover, Interim CFO Robert Rasamny, Chief Administrative Officer Acacia Research Corporation is a publicly traded American company based in New York City.

[1] Acacia has a strategic relationship[vague] with Starboard Value, LP, the company's controlling shareholder.

[4] In 2000, under the leadership of Paul Ryan and Chip Harris, it moved to concentrate on technology backed by strong patents.

[5] Four months after Apple Computer filed an antitrust lawsuit against Acacia for conspiring with Nokia to extort exorbitant revenues from handset manufacturers,[7] in 2017 Acacia sued Apple Computer and some cellular carriers over four patents held by Nokia.

[2] In 2022, an internal investigation by Acacia found that former CEO Clifford Press had possibly abused corporate funds.