published 28 Feb 2012
DealBook: Yahoo Warns Facebook of a Potential Patent Fight
by By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED
on dealbook.nytimes.com
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesYahoos retro-style billboard was taken down in December after 12 years of greeting visitors to San Francisco.As Yahoo struggles to keep up with younger competitors, the Web portal company is weighing a new tactic: ...
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by archives
on allthingsd.com
So It's the Kodak Strategy for Yahoo -- The Last Refuge of the Vaguely Patented
It was Yahoo legal head Mike Callahan who had the thankless task yesterday of calling Facebooks general counsel Ted Ullyot to tell him the company was considering patent lawsuits against the social networking giant. Facebook, which was apparently ...
by Peter Pachal
on mashable.com
Yahoo to Facebook: Pay Up for Your Patents
Yahoo wants Facebook to start paying for its right to use various Internet technologies that Yahoo says it holds patents for. If Yahoo aggressively pursues a strategy of asserting its intellectual-property rights, it could lead to a new phase of ...
by See more articles by Greg Sterling
on marketingland.com
Yahoo Joins Patent-Wars, Says Facebook Is Infringing IP
You have to wonder whether Yahoos patent-saber rattling is a sincere effort to enforce its intellectual property or an admission about Yahoos competitive position relative to Facebook. After several years of turmoil, internal politics and a loss of ...
by Steven Musil
on news.cnet.com
Yahoo picks patent fight with Facebook
The foundering Web pioneer reportedly wants the social-networking giant to license 10 to 20 patents related to advertising and Web page personalization. Yahoo appears to be turning to patent licensing to boost its fortunes. The foundering Web ...
by Josh Constine
on techcrunch.com
Yahoo Stabs Facebook In The Back, Says Pay For Its Patents Or Get Sued
After years of positive relations, friendly blog posts, and referral traffic, Yahoo may have just been biding its time waiting declare war on Facebook. Today it suddenly accused its former ally of infringing on 10-20 of its patents. It demands a ...
by Dave Copeland
on readwriteweb.com
Did Yahoo! Tip The Press To Force Facebook's Hand In Patent Dispute?
Yahoo! is playing the press while trying to force Facebook into license between 10 and 20 of its patents. Yahoo! is making fairly standard claims in Web tech circles: that a hotter, younger company is infringing on patents Yahoo! registered years ...
by Technically Crunchy
on thenextweb.com
What I learned on Twitter today (but mostly in the last 3 minutes)
If you head down to the tech woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. Everyone’s packed their mankinis and is hitting the ramblas in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, a sordid tech sex event featuring wildly copulating mobile handsets. Not us ...
by Nicholas Carlson
on businessinsider.com
There Is No Honor In Yahoo's Latest Act Of Desperation (YHOO)
This is galling. Yahoo, which, thanks to poor product launches and minimal innovation, has been unable to grow its revenues for quite some time now, has suddenly found a new line of business: patent trolling. According to the New York Times, Yahoo ...
by Sarah Lacy
on pandodaily.com
Back to Innovation? Scott Thompson’s First Shameful Move
Wow. I didnt think Yahoo could do it, but it may have just fallen further in Silicon Valleys esteem. Its gone from Silicon Valley punching bag to something the Valley reviles even more: A patent troll. Yahoo has served Facebook with notice that the ...
by See more articles by Barry Schwartz
on searchengineland.com
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 28, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:10 Content Ideas To Improve Organic VisibilityIn the past series of articles, we focused on determining what ...
by Gregory Gomer
on bostinno.com
BostInno Beat – Facebook Fight, Mercedes-Siri, Kinect Shopping Carts, Checking in to the Future, Journo Relations & Tek
Guess what? You know that killer building in Downtown Crossing that Borders used to inhabit, well its getting a Walgreens. Because DTX needs nothing more than a mediocre convenience store to class it up. I mean what about a restaurant? Maybe some ...
by JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter
on tech.fortune.cnn.com
Today in Tech: Dell says it's 'no longer a PC company'
Fortune's curated selection of tech stories from the weekend. Sign up to get the round-up delivered to you each and every day. * Dell (DELL) enterprise group president, Brad Anderson, says Dell is no longer a PC company. "Dell's changing very ...
by archives
on allthingsd.com
Facebook Pitches Advertisers on a New Ad Model
Facebook sold $3 billion worth of ads last year, but its still feeling its way around the ad business. And the ad business still isnt sure what to make of Facebook: Grand new marketing paradigm, or a collection of 800 million people who dont seem ...
