Summary Box: Microsoft sells patents to Facebook
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Last Updated: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 01:01 hrs
: After buying patents from AOL for $1 billion, Microsoft is selling most of them to Facebook for $550 million.
EXCHANGE: Facebook will also get a license to use the rest of the AOL Inc. patents that Microsoft bought. Similarly, Microsoft Corp. will get a license to use the patents Facebook is buying.
WHAT THIS MEANS: Microsoft gets to recoup some of its costs, and Facebook continues to build its portfolio of intellectual property to thwart lawsuits.
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