Yahoo of sluggish performance is selling about 3000 patents on web search and net advertisement at auction

ByAbhisawa

Yahoo in the United States, which was reported in February 2016 as searching for a seller of the Internet department, is pleased with poor performance, and this time Yahoo in the United States is now looking for a web search technology, Internet advertisement, e-commerce etc. It has turned out that it sells about 3000 patents on patents.

Yahoo Lines Up Bids for About 3,000 Patents - WSJ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/yahoo-lines-up-bids-for-about-3-000-patents-1465347136

Yahoo sweetens sales deal with auction of 3,000 patents | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/article/yahoo-sweetens-sales-deal-with-auction-of-3000-patents/

Yahoo is unloading 3,000 patents, and it will be a fire sale | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/yahoo-is-unloading-3000-patents-and-it-will-be-a-fire-sale/

The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo sent a letter that spelled out on matters relating to the sale of its company to a company that is likely to purchase. The sale is done in auction form, and companies receiving a proposal from Yahoo can make a preceding bid by the middle of June. The patent auctioned is acquired by Yahoo after 1996, and it seems that patents related to internet search, Internet advertisement, e-commerce which is also the company's core business are included in that patent.


Yahoo says, "This patent sales is a valuable opportunity for companies that develop business on the Internet, selling the most pioneering and fundamental patents on Internet search and advertising," and the content reported I admit that it is the fact.

According to officials covered by The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo seems to see about 3,000 patents bringing over $ 1 billion (about 107 billion yen), but Ars Technica of IT related media sells It is not worth over 1 billion dollars in patents being done.

BySEOPlanter

Behind patent sales, negotiations on the sale of Yahoo's Internet division are also underway, and on June 7, US mobile communication carrier Verizon will be $ 3 billion (about 320.5 billion yen)bidIt is reported that it did. However, it is also reported that TPG of a private equity investment company bid, and it is not clear which side will fall until the bidding deadline of June 13th. The sale of the Internet division is that 500 patents registered in the United States and 600 undisclosed applications are attached.