By Shaun Nichols at ClickZ:
Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against
Facebook alleging infringement of 10 of its patents, including patents
involving online advertising.
The suit, filed in a San Jose court, accuses Facebook of infringing patents that govern how its social network functions.
"Facebook's entire social network model,
which allows users to create profiles for and connect with, among other
things, persons and businesses, is based on Yahoo's patented social
networking technology," the company said in the suit.
"Prior to adopting Yahoo's patented
social networking technology in 2008, Facebook was considered one of the
worst performing internet sites for advertising."
The suit alleges that Facebook's features
including its news feed and video content advertisements are based on
Yahoo patents for social networking and online advertising.
Additionally, the suit alleges that Facebook is violating Yahoo patents preventing click fraud.
"Yahoo is harmed by Facebook's use of
Yahoo's patented technologies in a way that cannot be compensated for by
payment of a royalty alone," the company said in the suit.
"Facebook's use of Yahoo's patented
technologies has increased Facebook's revenue and market share because
it does not have to recover the costs or time involved in the
development of the technology."
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