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No, they didn't. Your memory of history is incorrect. Overture, a completely different company, sued Google in 2002, two years before their IPO. Yahoo purchas

by dodedo 15y ago

No, they didn't. Your memory of history is incorrect. Overture, a completely different company, sued Google in 2002, two years before their IPO. Yahoo purchased Overture in 2003. After this, Google settled. Google's IPO wasn't until 2004.

Steko 15y ago
Thx for correction. Google reveals that Y! did sue X-fire apparently over a buddy list patent in 2005 which would also make the same point though.
- dodedo 15y ago
  Absolutely. I should make it clear: I am not defending Yahoo's behavior here. Just trying to keep the facts factual.