JAKARTA. Yahoo! Indonesia announced today that it has agreed to return all trademarks and domain pertaining to Koprol to the founders of the geo-tagging based website. Koprol, launched by founders Satya Witoelar, Fajar Budiprasetyo and Daniel Armanto in 2009, was a site that Yahoo! Indonesia acquired in 2010 to compete against similar sites such as Foursquare. However, Yahoo! Indonesia announced last month that it would relinquish this site in an effort to streamline its business.
Yahoo! to return Koprol brand to founders
JAKARTA. Yahoo! Indonesia announced today that it has agreed to return all trademarks and domain pertaining to Koprol to the founders of the geo-tagging based website. Koprol, launched by founders Satya Witoelar, Fajar Budiprasetyo and Daniel Armanto in 2009, was a site that Yahoo! Indonesia acquired in 2010 to compete against similar sites such as Foursquare. However, Yahoo! Indonesia announced last month that it would relinquish this site in an effort to streamline its business.