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Article: Vonage Wins Temporary Reprieve in Verizon Case; Vonage won a temporary reprieve from an appeals court, hours after a lower court barred it from adding new customers while it appeals a finding it infringed Verizon Communications patents for making phone calls over the Internet.
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- April 7, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Vonage won a temporary reprieve from an appeals court on Friday, hours after a lower court barred it from adding new customers while it appeals a finding it infringed Verizon Communications Inc. patents for making phone calls over the Internet.
"We just learned, just now, from our legal counsel that we secured a temporary stay until (the appeals court) can hear our request for a permanent stay of that order," said Vonage Holdings Corp. spokeswoman Brooke Schulz.
U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton had limited Vonage to serving its existing customers. He also required Vonage to post a $66 million bond.
The stay is good until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...