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<p align="center"><font size="4" face="serif"><b>UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></font><br>
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<p align="center"><font size="4" face="serif"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>CURRENT REPORT<br>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF<br>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Date of Report:  August 15, 2005</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="5">MIVA, Inc.</font></b><br>
<font size="2" face="serif"><b>(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</b></font></p>
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<td width="30%"><b><font size="2" face="serif">    Delaware   </font></b></td>
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<td width="30%"><b><font size="2" face="serif">0-30428</font></b></td>
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<td><b><font size="2" face="serif">  88-0348835</font></b></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="serif">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></td>
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<td><font size="2" face="serif">  (Commission File No.)</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>5220 Summerlin Commons Boulevard<br>
Fort Myers, Florida  33907<br>
(239) 561-7229</b></font><br>
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including area code of Registrant&#146;s<br>
principal executive offices)</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">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):</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Item 1.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</b></font></p>

<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August 15, 2005, MIVA, Inc. (&#147;MIVA&#148;) entered into a Settlement and License Agreement (the &#147;Agreement&#148;) with Overture Services, Inc. (&#147;Overture Services&#148;) and Yahoo! Inc. (collectively with Overture Services, &#147;Yahoo!&#148;).  Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties settled the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Overture Services against MIVA regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the terms of Agreement, MIVA agreed to make a one-time payment of $8,000,000 to Yahoo!, and took a royalty bearing non-exclusive license to certain Yahoo! patents.  In addition, Yahoo! agreed to release all claims at issue in the lawsuit.</font></p>

<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Item 7.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure.</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August 15, 2005, MIVA issued a press release entitled &#147;MIVA Settles Patent Litigation.&#148; &nbsp; The press release is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Item 9.01.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Financial Statements and</b> <b>Exhibits.</b></font></p>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Press Release, dated August 15, 2005, entitled &#147;MIVA Settles Patent Litigation.&#148;</font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</font></p>
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<td align="left" width="50%"><font size="2" face="serif">Date:  August 15, 2005</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Craig A. Pisaris-Henderson </font></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></font></p>
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Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial
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:  August 15, 2005
MIVA, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-30428
88-0348835
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
5220 Summerlin Commons Boulevard
Fort Myers, Florida  33907
(239) 561-7229
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number
including area code of Registrant's
principal executive offices)
(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):
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 15, 2005, MIVA, Inc. ("MIVA") entered into a Settlement and License Agreement (the "Agreement") with Overture Services, Inc. ("Overture Services") and Yahoo! Inc. (collectively with Overture Services, "Yahoo!").  Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties settled the patent infringement lawsuit brought by Overture Services against MIVA regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361.
Under the terms of Agreement, MIVA agreed to make a one-time payment of $8,000,000 to Yahoo!, and took a royalty bearing non-exclusive license to certain Yahoo! patents.  In addition, Yahoo! agreed to release all claims at issue in the lawsuit.
Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 15, 2005, MIVA issued a press release entitled "MIVA Settles Patent Litigation."   The press release is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(c)  Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated August 15, 2005, entitled "MIVA Settles Patent Litigation."
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SIGNATURES
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.
MIVA, Inc.
Date:  August 15, 2005
By:
/s/ Craig A. Pisaris-Henderson
Craig A. Pisaris-Henderson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated August 15, 2005, entitled "MIVA Settles Patent Litigation."