UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):          June 30, 2014

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:       (949) 480-8300

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

SmartPhone Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation, entered into a settlement agreement with ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc. This agreement resolved patent litigation that was pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case Nos. 6:12-cv-00350 and 6:14-cv-147, and in German District Court for the District of Dusseldorf, Claim No. 4a O 196/12.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.