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products and services; trademarks related to our brands, products and services; copyrights in software and
creative content; trade secrets; and other intellectual property rights and licenses of various kinds. We seek to
protect our intellectual property assets through patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark and other laws of the
U.S. and other countries, and through contractual provisions. We enter into confidentiality and invention
assignment agreements with our employees and contractors, and non-disclosure agreements with third parties
with whom we conduct business in order to secure our proprietary rights and additionally limit access to, and
disclosure of, our proprietary information. We consider the Yahoo! trademark and our many related trademarks
to be among our most valuable assets and we have registered these trademarks in the U.S. and other countries
throughout the world and aggressively seek to protect them. We have licensed in the past, and expect that we
may license in the future, certain of our proprietary rights, such as trademark, patent, copyright, and trade secret
rights to third parties. Additional information regarding certain risks related to our intellectual property is
included in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2008, we had approximately 13,600 full-time employees, after giving effect to our
workforce reduction implemented in the fourth quarter of 2008 (see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis—
Cost Reduction Initiatives” included in Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K). Our future success
is substantially dependent on the performance of our senior management and key technical personnel, as well as
our continuing ability to attract, maintain the caliber of, and retain highly qualified technical and managerial
personnel. Additional information regarding certain risks related to our employees is included in Part I, Item 1A.
“Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Our Website is located at http://www.yahoo.com. Our investor relations Website is located at
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/. We make available free of charge on our investor relations Website under
“SEC Filings” our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form
8-K, and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish
such materials to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC maintains an Internet site that
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding our filings at http://
www.sec.gov.
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