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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Oath and Mozilla are in a legal battle over a Yahoo search deal [recode.net]

Yahoo's new owner Oath — which, in turn, is owned by telecom giant Verizon — is now in a legal battle with browser company Mozilla over a search deal that was struck by former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.

Last week, Yahoo Holdings and Oath filed a complaint against Mozilla, alleging that it improperly terminated an agreement between Mozilla and Yahoo. Now, Mozilla just filed a cross-complaint, claiming breach of contract.

Mozilla announced that it was going back to Google, which had been its longtime search provider, in mid-November in the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Google had remained its partner in other countries and Mozilla also has deals with Yandex in Russia and Baidu in China. At the time, it also announced a new browser, Firefox Quantum.

Mozilla's counter-claim [netdna-ssl.com] says that Yahoo!/Oath missed payments.

Yahoo Holdings complaint [mozilla.org] and Mozilla blog post [mozilla.org].

Also at The Register [theregister.co.uk] and ZDNet [zdnet.com].

Previously: Firefox Deal With Yahoo not Secured. Mozilla Could Lose Their Main Sponsor [soylentnews.org]
Mozilla Could Walk Away from a New Yahoo Owner and Still Get $1 Billion [soylentnews.org]
Verizon to Buy (Parts of) Yahoo! For $4.83 Billion [soylentnews.org]
Verizon to House Yahoo! and AOL Under "Oath" Brand [soylentnews.org]

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