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March 16, 2012 03:35 am GMT

The One Yahoo Patent That Facebook Cant Claim Is Too Vague To Enforce

Facebook's Yahoo-Patented MessagesMost of the patents thatYahoo is suing Facebookoverare forvague concepts that underly a wide variety of web services, but one is for a much more specific protocol that Facebook definitely employs:seamless communication between email and instant messaging users.If the other patents are ruled invalid for being too broad to enforce, it's maybe this Patent7406501that could stick.Facebook could need aseparatedefense or answer to this complaint, or it could be forced into a settlement to close the case prior its IPO.

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