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Article: JUDGE'S RULING A SETBACK TO VONAGE.(News)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2007
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Byline: Alan Sipress , Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge Friday dealt a potentially fatal blow to Vonage Holdings, the Internet-phone service that offers one of the few alternatives to traditional carriers, by ordering it to stop using a technology that connects its network to the public telephone system.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton approved the request by Verizon Communications for a permanent injunction two weeks after a jury in Alexandria, Va., found that three of its patents had been infringed by Vonage, including one for the technology allowing the Internet company's 2.2 millions customers to call regular phones.
Hilton ...