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Xfire Countersues Yahoo Over Video Game IM Patents

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 11, 2005 - 4:02am.
Menlo Park, Calif. -- Xfire, a developer of instant messaging and social networking tools for online games, announced that it has filed a countersuit against Yahoo, which sued Xfire claiming a former Yahoo employee now at Xfire developed products that infringe Yahoo patents. In its suit, Xfire asks the court to dismiss Yahoo's complaint, and also alleges that Yahoo's action is a ploy to shut Xfire down or gain favorable licensing terms for its in-game instant messaging technology. The company is also seeking unspecified damages from Yahoo.
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