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Article: Judge Bars Vonage From Signing New Customers.
- Article from:
- TelecomWeb News Digest
- Article date:
- April 6, 2007
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U.S. District Court Judge Claude Hilton this morning ordered Vonage to stop signing up new customers if it couldn't find a way to dish up VoIP service without violating Verizon patents - an order that even Vonage admitted could quickly put the company out of business. Vonage now has six days to wangle a stay from an appeals court before Hilton's order goes into force.
The judge also ordered Vonage to post a $66 million appeal bond. That apparently would cover the past, and some of the future, damages that a jury ordered Vonage to pay Verizon for violating three of its patents. The jury had ruled that Vonage should pay Verizon $58 million in damages and 5.5 ...