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Intellectual Property

Mar. 11, 2014

Twitter skirts IBM claims for $36 million

Twitter Inc. paid $36 million to avoid infringement claims by International Business Machines Corp., the San Francisco-based company revealed.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Twitter Inc. has revealed that it paid $36 million to avoid infringement claims by International Business Machines Corp.


The San Francisco-based microblogging platform purchased more than 900 patents and patent applications from IBM as part of a patent licensing settlement last year after IBM sent a demand letter alleging infringement of three patents.


The companies jointly announced the paten...

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