Biography Yahoo will prosecute Facebook infringement want access to 1% revenue share

Beijing time March 8, according to foreign media reports, technology blogger Nicholas Carlson (Nicholas Carlson) Wednesday said the author, sources said Yahoo's new chief executive Scott Thompson (Scott Thompson) under the leadership of Yahoo In addition to the large-scale layoffs, the company will also formally prosecute the issue of patent infringement Facebook.

According to sources familiar with the negotiations between the two companies, Yahoo will take "official action on Facebook for patent infringement." The source said that Yahoo is likely to file a tort lawsuit against Facebook. Yahoo said in a statement late last month that the company has asked Facebook to license 10 to 20 of its patented technologies in areas such as advertising, personalized websites, social networks and messaging. Yahoo said if the two companies can not reach an agreement, the company will resort to legal means to solve this problem.

Yahoo said in a statement at the time that "we must insist on signing a licensing agreement with Facebook or we may be forced to take unilateral action to protect our rights." Yahoo, the largest U.S. portal, is showing up in the advertising market Has been beyond Facebook in the online search market is unable to match Google. Yahoo is currently looking for ways to resume growth. Yahoo said it has made a "substantial amount of substantial" investment in innovation and some other companies have already signed a patent licensing agreement with Yahoo.

Sources said Yahoo has held talks with Facebook on patent licensing issues, but the negotiations between the two companies made no progress, so Yahoo is currently considering a formal lawsuit. According to other sources, according to Yahoo's plan, the company will seek to get a 1% share of revenue from Facebook in the future. As of now, Yahoo and Facebook have no comment on this report.