KOMPAS.com - Yahoo had filed suit against Facebook on Tuesday (03/13/2012).
Yahoo claims that social networking has violated 10 patent rights, including the systems and methods for advertising on the site. Facebook has denied the accusations.
Responding to a patent dispute these two internet giants, fishing founder of Friendster, Jonathan Abrams, come to speak.
"I think Facebook does not take anything away from Yahoo. But clearly, Yahoo Friendster has been imitating (patents are now owned by Facebook)," Abrams wrote on his Twitter account.
According to him, in 2006, Friendster has registered his first patent in social networking technology, with the name of the patent, "A System, Method, and Appartus for Connecting Users in an Online Computer System Based on Their Relationships within Social Networks".
The patent mentions how the process of a person connected with others in social networks. Friendster is the first owner of the patent system.
Google had offered to buy Friendster for 30 million U.S. dollars, and Friendster declined. This decision is known as the worst decisions in the history of Silicon Valley.Facebook as a social networking presence managed to shift the popularity of Friendster.
In 2009, Friendster was "giving up", purchased by MOL Global, and converted into portalgame.
Patents owned social network Friendster Facebook from MOL Global purchased for $ 30 million U.S. dollars. Now, the patent was worth 100 million U.S. dollars.
This patent is very broad in scope, including the systems and methods for managing the online social networking, making feeding updates to the home page of users, and share content from external sources into social networking.
In addition, of course, the method for determining how a person can connect in social networks.
This patent is, claimed the former founder of Friendster, Yahoo has been copied to Yahoo 360 social networking.
Although not explained in detail, this discourse can be considered up to sue behind Yahoo.
source : tekno.kompas.com
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