Twitter Paid $36 Million for 900 IBM Patents

Twitter paid $36 million to acquire more than 900 patents from IBM, according to a newly published Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Last year, IBM was banging the drums of possible patent-infringement against Twitter, saying that the company's service might have violated three patents it owned related to advertising, "resource locators," and discovery of contacts.

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