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Yahoo are trying to sue xfire!

 
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:03 pm    Post subject: Yahoo are trying to sue xfire! Reply with quote
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Yahoo Inc. filed a lawsuit against Xfire on January 28, 2005 claiming patent infringement over US Patent No. 6,699,125. The first we heard of Yahoo’s patent infringement claims was a call made the night before Yahoo filed its lawsuit. Yahoo never attempted to contact us beforehand nor did it send a cease & desist letter.

Xfire has offered Yahoo the following options to prove we do not infringe its patent:
We have offered to let Yahoo’s co-founders, Jerry Yang and David Filo, review our code to make them comfortable that we don’t infringe Yahoo’s patent.
We have offered mediation as a step towards resolving the matter.
Finally, we are willing to pursue arbitration, in which case we will accept the arbitrator’s decision as binding and final.

Yahoo has not responded to any of our offers to quickly prove we are not infringing and continues to pursue legal action that could cost Xfire $2 million or more in legal fees.

On March 10, 2005, Xfire filed a countersuit against Yahoo. The countersuit states that Yahoo’s lawsuit is a baseless attempt to drive Xfire out of business or to force Xfire to sell or license its proprietary technology.


taken from http://www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=XFire&file=cmspage&body=xf_lawsuit#2



I hate yahoo, I expect its something to do with the fact of how popular it is or something.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I read that on another forum Confused xfire was started by a couple of guys used to work for yahoo I think. Neutral
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep idd. Yahoo big bully boys Neutral

imo Yahoo sux big time Evil or Very Mad
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