Futurewei Technologies, Inc. v. Acacia Research Corp., No. 13-1090 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 3, 2013)

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Huawei Device USA Inc. and Futurewei Technologies, Inc. ( collectively, “Huawei”) appeal a district court’s dismissal of their complaint. We affirm. BACKGROUND Access Co., Ltd., which sells software for mobile co m- munication devices, owns the five patents at issue in this appeal (“the five patents”) . On July 31, 2009, Access entered i nto an e xclusive l icense agreement with Acacia Patent Acquisition LLC (“APAC”), a wholly owned subsid- iary of Acacia Research Corporation.