Article: FAQ: Vonage's latest blow explained.(Vonage Holdings Corp. loses lawsuit against Verizon Communications Inc.)

Byline: Denise Pappalardo

A U.S. district court judge Friday barred VoIP provider Vonage from signing up new customers after the company lost a

patent infringement lawsuit to Verizon. UPDATE: An appeals court late on Friday issued a temporary stay, allowing Vonage to

continue signing up new customers until the appellate court can hear Vonage's request for a permanent stay. On March 8, a

federal jury found that Vonage infringed three Verizon patents and must pay $58 million in damages plus royalties. Verizon

sued Vonage last June, alleging the VoIP provider had violated seven of its patents involving packet-based calling ...

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