|
|
Article: Vonage Buffeted By Legal Setbacks.
- Article from:
- TWICE
- Article date:
- April 9, 2007
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
By Greg Scoblete
HOLMDEL, N.J. -- VoIP provider Vonage was dealt two successive legal blows in the past month by a judge and jury in a patent suit brought by Verizon.
First, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Virginia found Vonage guilty of infringing on three of seven disputed Verizon patents concerning VoIP technology. The court ruled that Vonage had to pay $58 million to Verizon and 5.5 percent of royalties on future sales.
On March 23, a judge issued an injunction against Vonage to bar it from using the infringed patents, which concerned moving calls from the Internet to the PSTN network, and wireless VoIP calling.
Vonage ...