Why does Yahoo charge Facebook now, just Raising funds?

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Message personage discloses, Yahoo! under the leadership of the Yahoo new CEO Scott Thompson, in addition to the massive layoffs, the company will also take officially lawsuits against Facebook on the patent infringement, accusing of violating Yahoo! Online advertising and social network patent, who doesn't pay the corresponding patent fee.

According to people familiar with the two companies negotiations sources, Yahoo! will officially takes lawsuits against Facebook on patent infringement problems. The message says, Yahoo! Is likely to bring infringement proceedings against Facebook.

Yahoo! At the end of the month, said in a statement, the company has asked the Facebook to pay 10 to 20 items of patent technology licensing fees to online advertising, content, personalized web sites, social networking and information fields. Yahoo! Said, if the two companies were unable to reach an agreement, the company will take legal means to solve this problem. Another source said, Yahoo! Will attempt to Facebook all future income, receive a percentage of the smoke.

Yahoo! At the time of the statement said:" Yahoo! Has the responsibility to protect its own shareholders, employees and other stakeholders' rights and interests. Yahoo! has taken substantial investment in this part of innovation in the field, and some other companies have already signed a licensing agreement with Yahoo. Therefore, we strongly request Facebook must be like other companies, and Yahoo! A patent license agreement and pay the relevant expenses, or we will have to go through the legal means to protect our own rights."

As the United States of America 's biggest portal website, Yahoo! In display advertising market has been surpassed by Facebook, in the web search market is unable to put on a par with google. Yahoo! Is currently seeking to revive the new approach of the enterprise.

From no on Yahoo! And Facebook were expressed reported comment. On the other hand, the outside is also generally suspected Yahoo! It will bring to the company boosted the morale, and further make the existing staff losing confidence in the future.

Google was also forced to divide 2.7 million shares (then $270 million, worth more than $1.6 billion today) to Yahoo! when it was just listed in 2004.