TeleComm Systems, Acacia Unit Announce Patent Licensing Alliance

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS)

, a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, and Acacia Research Corporation

, a leader in patent licensing, today announced that TCS and a subsidiary of Acacia have entered into a patent licensing alliance, whereby the Acacia subsidiary has acquired the rights to a portion of TCS' location-based services (LBS) patent portfolio. TCS is a world leader in high-reliability LBS. As a developer of complete end-to-end LBS solutions, it provides branded and white-label applications, infrastructure, mapping and content.