The legal battle between Yahoo and Facebook is moving closer to a more amicable ending.
AllThingsD reported exclusively this morning that the two Silicon Valley giants are hammering out a peace deal that would possibly not only settle up any disputes over their respective patent infringement lawsuits, but also strengthen their partnership through cross-licensing on certain patents and cross-advertising deals.
Yahoo originally filed a lawsuit in March at the U.S. District Court in San Jose, arguing that "Facebook's entire social network model" was based on patented Yahoo technology. Facebook struck back with a countersuit in April over 10 more patents.
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