<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
Overture	O
initiated	O
infringement	O
proceedings	O
under	O
this	O
patent	O
against	O
FindWhat.com	O
in	O
January	O
2002	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Google	B-Application
related	O
to	O
its	O
AdWords	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2002	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
service	O
called	O
AdWords	B-Application
Select	O
that	O
allowed	O
marketers	O
to	O
bid	O
for	O
higher	O
placement	O
in	O
marked	O
sections	O
-	O
a	O
tactic	O
that	O
had	O
some	O
similarities	O
to	O
Overture	O
's	O
search-listing	O
auctions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Overture	O
,	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
was	O
settled	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
agreeing	O
to	O
issue	O
2.7	O
million	O
shares	O
of	O
common	O
stock	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
18	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Wang	O
Xiaoning	O
's	O
wife	O
Yu	O
Ling	O
sued	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Wang	O
was	O
named	O
as	O
a	O
plaintiff	O
in	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
suit	O
,	O
as	O
was	O
Shi	O
Tao	O
,	O
a	O
Chinese	O
journalist	O
detained	O
and	O
convicted	O
for	O
emailing	O
a	O
description	O
of	O
Chinese	O
’s	O
government	O
’s	O
instructions	O
to	O
journalists	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
1989	O
Tiananmen	O
Square	O
Massacre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Yahoo	B-Application
is	O
guilty	O
of	O
'	O
an	O
act	O
of	O
corporate	O
irresponsibility	O
,	O
'	O
said	O
Morton	O
Sklar	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
Executive	O
Director	O
of	O
the	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
Yahoo	B-Application
had	O
reason	O
to	O
know	O
that	O
if	O
they	O
provided	O
China	O
with	O
identification	O
information	O
that	O
those	O
individuals	O
would	O
be	O
arrested.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
litigation	O
,	O
new	O
evidence	O
came	O
to	O
light	O
that	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
One	O
week	O
later	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Pincus	O
v	O
.	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Brian	O
Pincus	O
was	O
seeking	O
a	O
class-action	O
suit	O
to	O
represent	O
non-Yahoo	O
customers	O
whose	O
email	O
address	O
was	O
intercepted	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
