Even after Yahoo missed the chance to buy Google, they missed other significant chances to control Google. Yahoo bought Overture (previously goto.net) which ha

Even after Yahoo missed the chance to buy Google, they missed other significant chances to control Google. Yahoo bought Overture (previously goto.net) which had the patents on internet advertising. I recall Google paying $300M to Yahoo for a license to the patents. I think this may have been under the helm of Terry Semel. My thinking back then was that Yahoo severely underpriced that patent.