Yahoo Is Suing Facebook For Patent Infringement

Yahoo is charging ahead with a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook.

Yahoo is charging ahead with a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook, according to AllThingsDigital.

Most are puzzled by the move involving 10 patents that Yahoo believes Facebook has infringed; a copy of the suit appears at the bottom of this post.

The suit comes at a time when Yahoo is rumored to be on the brink of widescale layoffs — and Facebook has yet to schedule a date for an initial public offer that could easily value the company at more than $100 billion.

Presumably, Yahoo wants to cash in on the Facebook effect, but the in doing so the portal site is sullying what had been an amiable relationship up until now.

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