On Friday, Yahoo and Facebook said they have agreed to settle their patent dispute and drop lawsuits against each other. Here are developments leading to that: Feb. 28: Yahoo Inc. confirms that it is threatening to sue Facebook Inc. if it doesn't reach an agreement over patents. March 12: Yahoo sues Facebook, claiming that Facebook has infringed 10 of its patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking. The lawsuit is filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif. It seeks unspecified damages. March 22: Facebook confirms it bought patents from IBM Corp. The 750 patents cover technologies that deal with software and networking. April 3: Facebook files its own lawsuit...
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