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Vonage to Pay $120 Million to Verizon
Added on 2007-11-19 06:05:00
by Tanya Palta

Vonage logoVonage Holdings Corp has been ordered to pay $120 million to Verizon Communications Inc. after a U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider the case.Vonage had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review its ruling but they denied the request.

“We were not surprised, but disappointed that the court denied our request for a rehearing of the case,'' Vonage spokesman Charlie Sahner said in an e-mailed statement. ``We are pleased to continue putting litigation behind us.''
Tags: Vonage, Verizon, patent, VOIP, lawsuit

Court Ruling Allows Vonage to Keep Selling VOIP Service
Added on 2007-04-25 03:11:00
by Robert S. Anthony

Vonage logoVonage Holdings Corp., mired in a patent-infringement suit filed by Verizon Communications Inc., can keep selling its VOIP phone service as it appeals its case, a federal court ruled Monday.
Tags: Vonage, Verizon, patent, VOIP, lawsuit

Vonage Can’t Find A Way Around Verizon Patents
Added on 2007-04-15 23:55:00
by Robert S. Anthony

Vonage logoVonage Holdings Corp. can’t find a way to provide its broadband phone service without stepping on patents owned by Verizon Communications Patents, according to USA Today.

[Via USA Today]



Tags: Vonage, Verizon, VOIP, patent

Vonage Gets Reprieve
Added on 2007-04-07 03:17:00
by Robert S. Anthony

Vonage logoVonage Holdings Corp., which ended up on the short end of a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Verizon Communications Inc., can continue to sell its VOIP services to customers—for now.  
Tags: Vonage, Verizon, patent, VOIP, infringement, court

Court Decision Would Block Vonage Calls to Landlines
Added on 2007-03-23 15:19:00
by Robert S. Anthony

Vonage logoPossible bad news for Vonage customers: Your ability to make calls to conventional phones might be suspended in two weeks.  A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia has ordered Vonage Holdings Corp. to stop using technology patented by Verizon Communications Inc. to complete VOIP calls to landline phones. However the judge delayed enforcement of the order pending another court hearing in two weeks.

[Via Bloomberg News]


Tags: vonage, voip, verizon, jury, court, patent

VOIP to Go: Vonage Wireless Router Gives Preference to Phone Calls
Added on 2007-03-16 01:52:00
by Robert S. Anthony

Motorola VT2542 Internet Phone Adapter and Wireless RouterVonage Holdings Corp. and Motorola Inc. announced a new wireless router which gives preference to voice traffic, thus protecting the quality of phone calls while others are surfing the Internet or performing other tasks on the same connection. The Motorola VT2542 Internet Phone Adapter & Wireless Router features “voice-over-data prioritization,” which means that voice traffic is always given priority should your network connection get busy.


Tags: VOIP, Vonage, Motorola, router, Wi-Fi

Vonage found guilty
Added on 2007-03-11 14:42:00
by Emily Price

On Friday a judge in Virginia ordered Vonage to pay Verizon $58 million dollars for infringing on three of their VOIP patents. Verizon had originally sued Vonage for infringing on seven of their patents, and the company was found guilty on only three a claimed victory for both Verizon and Vonage.

[via Daily Wireless]
Tags: vonage, verizon, wireless, VOIP

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