Yahoo Interim CEO Explores Settlement In Patent-Infringement Suit; Facebook Seeks Dismissal

Will a new chief executive officer bring new hopes for a settlement in the patent-infringement brouhaha between Yahoo and Facebook? Yahoo Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn reportedly reached out to the social network in hopes of a settlement, after taking over for former CEO Scott Thompson.

Will a new chief executive officer bring new hopes for a settlement in the patent-infringement brouhaha between Yahoo and Facebook? Yahoo Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn (pictured) reportedly reached out to the social network in hopes of a settlement, after taking over for former CEO Scott Thompson.

AllThingsD reported that Facebook is pushing for dismissal of the lawsuit filed by Yahoo in March, disputing the search engine giant’s accusation that the social network did not file an inventor affidavit with the Patent Office related to two of the patents in question, and saying that Yahoo had “no coherent theory or facts suggesting deceptive intent.”

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