Vonage sued by Nortel
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Nortel alleges that Vonage infringes on 12 of its patents that broadly deal with click-to-call systems, with the management or architecture of VoIP system resources and with call-tracing methods in packet-switched networks.
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(InfoWorld) - Vonage is downplaying an appeals court decision affirming an earlier verdict of patent infringement on two patents owned by Verizon Communications. The decision, made Wednesday, calls for the U.S. District Court in Virginia to retry the infringement judgment on a third patent. It also vacated the original $58 million in damages and 5.5 percent royalty imposed in the original judgment. The lower court will reconsider the size of the damage award and Vonage expects it to be reduced, said Charlie Sahner, a Vonage spokesman. In addition, Vonage expects a return soon of part of the cash it put up as bond after the ruling was made, he said. The decision comes a day after Vonage lost anotherÂ high-profile patent infringement case brought by Sprint-Nextel. The jury in that case awarded Sprint $69.5 million in damages. Vonage vowed to appeal that decision too. Vonage has already deployed technology so that it doesn't require the two patents upheld in theÂ Verizon case, it said. That means that if the lower court upholds the decision to require Vonage to pay royalties for using the patents, the company will only have to do so related to the period of time before the workaround was implemented, Sahner said. The company maintains that it did not infringe on the remaining Verizon patent in question and plans to defend itself against any new damages judgments. That technology applies to less than 10 percent of Vonage's network, and the company has already completed development of a workaround should the court decide that Vonage infringes on the patent, Sahner said. Vonage is the largest independent VoIP provider in the United States. While it continues to assure customers that the service remains reliable throughout the legal wranglings, the company has seen a decline in new customers. In its second quarter this year, Vonage added 57,000 customer lines, compared with 256,000 in the same quarter in the previous year. Still, Sahner emphasized that the future is bright for Vonage. The company has the cash to pay for the Sprint case, if it fails in appeal, Sahner said. "Vonage is here to stay," he said. "We want to be an alternative to the entrenched phone company and think it's important to have an alternative." This story was updated on September 26, 2007
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An appeals court agreed that Vonage infringed on two Verizon patents but sent the case for retrial regarding a third patent.
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When Internet phone start-up SunRocket suddenly closed its doors last month, several competitors offered special rates and other incentives to attract its former customers. Now the company in charge of selling SunRocket's assets has sued its biggest competitor, Vonage Holdings, over claims that i...
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Beleaguered Internet telephone company Vonage Holdings Corp. disclosed Friday it is being sued by AT&T Inc. for alleged patent infringement.
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There are just too many cards stacked against Vonage.
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A federal jury in Alexandria yesterday ordered Vonage Holdings, an Internet telephone company, to pay $58 million to Verizon Communications for infringing its patents in a case that raised the possibility that Vonage could be barred from conducting much of its business.
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The FCC ruled that Vonage&#39;s broadband telephony service is not subject to traditional state public utility regulation and asserted its federal authority over VoIP.
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Internet-based calling company Vonage Holdings  Corp  said it settled a patent dispute with Nortel.
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Vonage Holdings Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. have settled their patent litigation, allowing for cross-licensing of the telecom companies' technology.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Internet phone company Vonage infringed on three patents held by Verizon Communications and must pay $58 million plus possible future royalties to its competitor, a jury said yesterday.
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For the second time in two days, Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. was hit with bad legal news Wednesday when a federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict and injunction against it for patent infringement.
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The state of California is mounting a legal challenge to a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling that VOIP phone services sold by Vonage Holdings Corp.
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- Broadband telephone services provider Vonage  Holdings Corp.  said it intends to continue its fight  against a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Verizon  Communications Inc. .
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A federal jury on Thursday  found that Vonage Holdings Corp. , an Internet phone  service, infringed on three key patents owned by Verizon  Communications Inc.
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia  - A jury dealt a blow to loss-making Internet phone provider Vonage Holdings Corp. on Thursday, ordering the company to pay $58 million plus royalties on future sales for infringing three patents owned by Verizon Communications Inc..
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Internet-based calling company Vonage Holdings Corp.  said on Thursday that it settled a patent dispute with Verizon Communications Inc .