Acacia Research (Acacia Research) Intangible Assets

: $42.5 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Acacia Research's intangible assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $42.5 Mil.

Acacia Research Intangible Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acacia Research's Intangible Assets can be seen below:

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Acacia Research Annual Data

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Intangible Assets

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7.81

16.91

56.26

44.20

42.55

Acacia Research Quarterly Data
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Intangible Assets	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															44.20	41.17	38.13	35.10	42.55

Acacia Research Intangible Assets Calculation

Intangible assets are defined as identifiable non-monetary assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured. Examples of intangible assets include trade secrets, copyrights, patents, trademarks. If a company acquires assets at the prices above the book value, it may carry goodwill on its balance sheet. Goodwill reflects the difference between the price the company paid and the book value of the assets.

Acacia Research (NAS:ACTG) Intangible Assets Explanation

If a company (company A) received a patent through their own work, though it has value, it does not show up on its balance sheet as an intangible asset. However, if company A sells this patent to company B, it will show up on company B's balance sheet as an intangible asset.

The same applies to brand names, trade secrets etc. For instance, Coca-Cola's brand is extremely valuable, but the brand does not appear on its balance sheet, because the brand was never acquired.

Some intangibles are amortized. Amortization is the depreciation of intangible assets.

Many intangibles are not amortized. They may still be written down when the company decides the asset is impaired.

Whenever you see an increase in goodwill over a number of years, you can assume it's because the company is out buying other businesses above book value. GOOD if buying businesses with durable competitive advantage.

If goodwill stays the same, the company when acquiring other companies is either paying less than book value or not acquiring. Businesses with moats never sell for less than book value.

Intangibles acquired are on balance sheet at fair value.

Internally developed brand names (Coke, Wrigleys, Band-Aid) however are not reflected on the balance sheet.

One of the reasons competitive advantage power can remain hidden for so long.

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Companies may change the way intangible assets are amortized, and this will affect their reported earnings.

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Acacia Research (Acacia Research) Business Description

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Address

767 Third Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017

Website

https://www.acaciaresearch.com

Acacia Research Corp is engaged in the acquisition, development, and patents technologies through its subsidiaries. It assists patent owners with the prosecution and development of their patent portfolios; protection of their patented inventions from unauthorized use; generation of licensing revenue from users of their patented technologies; and enforcement against unauthorized users of their patented technologies. It has two segments Intellectual Property Operations and Industrial Operations.

Executives

Jason W. Soncini	officer: General Counsel	767 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mcnulty Martin D. Jr.	officer: COO & Head of M&A	C/O STARBOARD VALUE ACQUISITION CORP., 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Geoffrey G Ribar	director
Kirsten Hoover	officer: Controller	4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 550, IRVINE CA 92614
Robert Rasamny	officer: Chief Administrative Officer	767 THIRD AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd	other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Peter A Feld	10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2	201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Starboard Value Lp	10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value Gp Llc	10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Principal Co Lp	10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Principal Co Gp Llc	10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity S Llc	other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity C Lp	other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value R Lp	other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value R Gp Llc	other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017