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Vonage, Verizon end legal battle

Bhagaban — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:55:55 +0000

It is over now. Vonage has finally ended its bitter legal battle with Verizon Communications and agreed to pay the specified amount to be decided by the US Appeals court. If the court drops the injunction on two VoIP patents, then Vonage will pay...

Vonage sued once again

Bhagaban — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:47:36 +0000

“Controversy!” — It is chasing Vonage all the way. No sooner, it solves one controversy; another drags the troubled VoIP startup to the court of law. It is now hard to see when the beleaguered Vonage will come up with a clean face.

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Sprint arms up against Vonage

Bhagaban — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:29:44 +0000

No sooner, Vonage announced the development of two of the three patents owned by Verizon, Sprint Nextel reopened the two-year old legal battle to haunt the VoIP pioneer. Sprint Nextel claimed that Vonage has illegally infringed its inventions...

Nokia launches fresh patent countersuit against Qualcomm

Balendu — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:49:22 +0000

Qualcomm, which develops technology used in mobile phones, has experienced another major setback after Nokia filed a second lawsuit pertaining to patent infringement counter-suit against the Californian company. Nokia, combating a...

US court temporarily stays injunction in Verizon patent suit

Balendu — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:05:17 +0000

Vonage Holdings Corp. on Friday won a temporary stay of a federal judge’s ruling that it can continue operating but cannot recruit new customers during its patent dispute with Verizon Communications Inc. The U.S. district court judge had...

Qualcomm files new patent suits against Nokia as contract deadline looms

Balendu — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:21:49 +0000

Qualcomm Inc. has filed two more patent-infringement lawsuits against Nokia Inc. as the legal battle between the cellphone giants intensifies. Qualcomm has revealed that it has recently filed separate federal lawsuits against its Finnish rival...

Hynix signs cross-licensing agreement with Toshiba to end legal disputes

Balendu — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:03:34 +0000

Japan’s Toshiba Corp. and South Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has recently announced that they have signed a cross-licence deal to end a series of lawsuits and countersuits on patents for NAND-type flash memory chips. These to firms...

Microsoft faces $1.52bn patent suit damages

Balendu — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:37:02 +0000

A U.S. federal jury has ruled that Microsoft Corp. infringed two audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and it must pay $1.52 billion in damages. Interestingly, if the verdict would be upheld on appeal, that would be marked as the largest...

Supreme Court doubtful over ATandT patent claims against Microsoft

Balendu — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:16:59 +0000

A 6-year-old legal battle between software giant Microsoft and the leading telephone company AT&T over patent infringements has now moved to the US Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by AT&T which is seeking the software company to pay...

Wal-Mart faces Patent infringement lawsuit from RFID World

Bhagaban — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:23:32 +0000

Ronald Bormaster- founded RFID World has filed a patent case against retail giant Wal-Mart and other big brands such as Gillette, Michelin, Home Depot, Target and Pfizer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,...