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Facebook sued by Yahoo over Patents

Here we go. On the verge of Facebook going public, Yahoo sues over infringement of 10 patents.

Mar 13 2012, 3:17am CDT | by

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Facebook sued by Yahoo over Patents
 
 

Troubled Yahoo filed a patent lawsuit against Facebook yesterday in San Jose, CA according to Reuters. Besides Apple and Samsung's patent fight in the tablet and smartphone business, this new lawsuit...

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Yahoo Borrows Designs from Facebook, Pinterest in Flickr Facelift

Source: Mobile Marketing Watch

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has just announced a hefty new facelift for Flickr. “Photos tell the stories — stories we’re inspired to relive, share with our friends, or capture simply to express ourselves,” Mayer writes on the Yahoo Tumblr blo ...
Full article at: Mobile Marketing Watch  More like this  8 hours ago, 12:35pm CDT

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"Yahoo is the internet's original media network. Tumblr is the internet's fastest-growing media frenzy. Both companies are homes for brands."


Source: Stuff.co.nz

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Fred Wilson: Yahoo Will Put Tumblr on Same Level as Facebook, Twitter

Source: Mashable

One of Tumblr's earliest investors, venture capitalist Fred Wilson, says the Yahoo deal will lead to an influx of advertising on the platform and bring it to the level of Facebook and Yahoo in advertisers' minds. "Tumblr has been p ...
Full article at: Mashable  More like this  11 hours ago, 9:35am CDT

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The 10 Patents Yahoo is Suing Facebook

Yahoo is suing Facebook with 10 software patents. The list includes patents as general as "generic page generator." See the complete list with quick overviews on PaidContent. The Yahoo Facebook patent lawsuit highlights again the big problem of software patents.

 
Mar 13 2012, 3:31am CDT
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Facebook sued by Yahoo over Patents

Troubled Yahoo filed a patent lawsuit against Facebook yesterday in San Jose, CA according to Reuters. Besides Apple and Samsung's patent fight in the tablet and smartphone business, this new lawsuit could open the next battle ground: Social patent wars.

"We're disappointed that Yahoo, a longtime business partner of Facebook and a company that has substantially benefited from its association with Facebook, has decided to resort to litigation," Jonathan Thaw, a Facebook spokesman said.

Will other web companies also trying to hit Facebook with patent lawsuits before Facebook goes IPO? 

 

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<a href="/latest_stories/all/all/2" rel="author">Luigi Lugmayr</a>
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com.

 

 

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