Facebookcoo: Silicon Valley enterprises should cooperate rather than be self-defeating

Facebook COO Lie Sandberg (Sheryl Sandberg) Sina Science and technology news July 7 morning, Facebook and Yahoo announced in Friday that two companies have reached a settlement on patent litigation, while also strengthening the long-term cooperation between the two sides. Subsequently, Facebook COO Snow Lie Sandberg (Sheryl Sandberg) and Yahoo Temporary CEO Ross Levinson (Ross Levinsohn) received media interviews. According to an agreement between Facebook and Yahoo, two companies agreed to cross-authorize most of the patents they hold, and no longer be able to sue each other for similar intellectual property rights, and establish cooperation in the advertising arena. Sandberg and Levin Thorne mentioned the adverse effects of Yahoo's patent dispute with Facebook and raised expectations for cooperation. Sandberg said at the beginning of the interview that although Facebook filed a counterclaim against Yahoo's original lawsuit, the company never wanted to fight its long-term partners. "It's important for us to let powerful partners use our technology to enhance their social experience," she said. According to our relationship with Yahoo, the patent dispute is clearly bizarre and abnormal. "This is why he sought to reconcile with Facebook immediately after he became the CEO of Yahoo," says Levin Thorne. He replaced Scott Thompson, Scott Thompson, this May as CEO of Yahoo, and Thompson actively pushed for patent infringement lawsuits against Facebook during his tenure. "It's also important for us as a company to embrace social functions and fix relationships with Facebook," Levinson said. Yahoo's work with Facebook is good for consumers. Levin Thorne also talked about the success of its social bar function before Yahoo sued Facebook. Social Bar has established a link between its users and Facebook friends, with users reaching 90 million. "This is a perfect example of how our two companies can cooperate," he said. Sandberg admits that Facebook's patent infringement lawsuit against Yahoo is both surprising and furious. The dispute over patent disputes has had a negative impact on the entire Silicon Valley: "There are many ways to compete, but it is not right for companies to compete on patents for weapons," she said. The relationship between Yahoo and Facebook used to be very amicable, and patent lawsuits clearly deviate from this good relationship. "The company needs to add social functionality to content services," says Levin Thorne. In fact, before working with Facebook years ago, Yahoo had tried to add social functionality to content services by itself, but unsuccessfully. Levinson said that now Yahoo can use new ideas to "write full whiteboardPaper. " Sandberg and Levin Thorne are reluctant to disclose much of the details of the settlement, but they say two companies will no longer have a patent dispute. Under the agreement, Yahoo has agreed to grant more than half of its digital patents to Facebook, and will not sue Facebook for the remainder of its patents, which could be licensed or even acquired by Facebook in the future. Levinson praised Yahoo's board's decision to make concessions in the patent dispute and to return to Facebook: "This is an important step in the right direction for the company." We are also thankful that Facebook finally agreed to a settlement. "Sandberg finally talked about a task that Facebook and Yahoo face, which are more ambitious and more difficult to achieve:" We believe that the whole of Silicon Valley should join hands to create the future – and that we should strengthen cooperation rather than undermine each other. "(Qing Chen)