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In other developments on Monday, Google and Yahoo finalized an out-of-court settlement, resolving two lengthy disputes, with Google tendering common stock to Yahoo. The leaders -- and bitter rivals -- in search engine marketing services have decided against civil actions.

Google gave Yahoo 2.7 million shares of Class A common stock, which could be worth more than $280 million if Google's impending IPO garners at least the bottom of its suggested price. In return, Google got out from under a two-year-old patent infringement suit and a dispute over stock warrants owed Yahoo for a 2000 services agreement.

A Yahoo spokesperson said the agreement grants Google a license to the '361 and several other patents owned by Yahoo. "There is no ongoing licensing fee. It's netting out at a one-time share receipt for the life of the patents covered under the suit," she said. The agreement also puts to rest the dispute over how much stock Google owed Yahoo.

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