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Article: Ruling May Be End for Vonage; Judge Enjoins Use Of Key Technology
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- The Washington Post
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- March 24, 2007
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A federal judge yesterday 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 found that three of its patents had been infringed by
Vonage, including one for the technology allowing the Internet
company's 2.2 million customers to call regular phones.
Hilton said the ban would not take effect before he holds another