Volume VII

Issue : 8: April 23, 2009

• AOL Seeks Court Decision on Yahoo Patents
• Microsoft Ordered to Pay US$388 Million in Patent Dispute
• The U.S. Declines to Classify the Use of Proxy Servers as Sophisticated
• Europe Orders ISPs to Record Emails and Telephone Calls
• Apple Sued for Patent Infringement in U.S.
• Pirate Bay Verdict A Win For Copyright Owners

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AOL Seeks Court Decision on Yahoo Patents

AOL LLC, a New York-based global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner, has recently asked a U.S. federal court to rule that it is not infringing certain patents held by Yahoo Inc., a California-based Internet services company. In the last several years, Yahoo has alleged that Quigo Technologies, Inc., an online advertising company owned by AOL, has infringed up to seven of Yahoo’s patents. Up until March 26, 2009, AOL and Yahoo had sought to settle such claims but had been unsuccessful. The dispute over patents had continued through AOL’s discussions with Yahoo on a potential combination, following Microsoft Corporation’s attempted $47.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo. Recent reports indicate that Yahoo and Microsoft are now in partnership discussions in connection with their search advertising businesses.

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