Tech Crunch reports Yahoo’s 4K Excalibur patents in search, mobile, cloud and more valued at $740M.
Yahoo's SEC 8-K has many details including the following summary:
"Patent Sale and License Agreement
During 2014, Yahoo Operating Business entered into a patent sale and license agreement for total cash consideration of $460 million. The total consideration was allocated based on the estimated relative fair value of each of the elements of the agreement: $61 million was allocated to the sale of patents (“Sold Patents”), $135 million to the license to existing patents (“Existing Patents”) and $264 million to the license of patents developed or acquired in the five years following the date Yahoo Operating Business entered into such agreement (“Capture Period Patents”).
The amounts allocated to the license of the Existing Patents are being recorded as revenue over the four-year payment period under the license when payments are due. The amounts allocated to the Capture Period Patents are being recorded as revenue over the five-year capture period.
Yahoo Operating Business recognized $86 million in revenue related to the Existing Patents and the Capture Period Patents in each of the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016.
Patent Sale Agreements
During 2015 and 2016, Yahoo Operating Business sold certain patents and recorded a gain on sale of patents of approximately $11 million and $2 million, respectively."
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