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Article: FAQ: Vonage's latest blow explained.(Vonage Holdings Corp. loses lawsuit against Verizon Communications Inc.)
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- Network World
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- April 6, 2007
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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 ...