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Google and Yahoo Settle Overture Lawsuit

Posted by simoniker on from the happy-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google and Yahoo have apparently settled their ongoing lawsuit involving patented on-line ad technology owned by Yahoo subsidiary Overture. (U.S. Patent 6,269,361). According to reports, Google will issue 2.7 million common shares to Yahoo in return for a license. Read more about the infringement suit here. This move is expected to lower any potential downsides to Google's upcoming IPO."

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  1. Re:PATENTS FUCKING SUCK by flying_monkies · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Why couldn't you have the balls

    So says the anonymous coward. If you're going to rag on someone/thing, have the balls to put your name behind it.

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