Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement, Which Social Network Calls “Puzzling”

Posted: 3/13/2012  |  By: Kara Swisher | All Things D

In what is either the boldest gamble of its history or the most boneheaded, Yahoo has filed a massive patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook.

The attack by the Internet icon against perhaps the most powerful consumer social networking site today — as well as an important partner — is sure to be a controversial one, pitting Yahoo against a company that has surpassed it handily in recent years among consumers.