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Article: Shares Rise as Vonage Settles Fight Over Patent - New York Times
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- October 26, 2007
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Shares in Vonage, the Internet telephone provider, rose sharply in after-hours trading yesterday after the company announced a settlement in a patent dispute with Verizon. Under the settlement, Vonage agreed to pay Verizon one of two amounts, depending on whether Vonage persuades an appeals court to rehear a lawsuit that Verizon won against itthis year.If the court agrees to rehear the suit, Vonage will pay Verizon $80 million, said Charles Sahner, a spokesman for Vonage. If the court rejects the appeal, it will pay $117.5 million. Vonage has agreed to pay an additional $2.5 million to charity. But the settlement also allows Vonage to use technology governed by two Verizon patents that ...
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