Vonage starts 2008 with a clear legal slate

Posted by Joe on January 2nd, 2008

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Vonage announced yesterday that they have settled an ongoing patent litigation with Nortel over technology for making 911 and 411 calls through VoIP networks.

Vonage Chief Legal Officer Sharon O’Leary said

“We are pleased to resolve this issue and enter into a productive relationship with Nortel,”

The settlement, which resulted in no monetary damages award to either Vonage or Nortel, was the last remaining patent litigation that Vonage had pending. Vonage had previously settled patent related cases with AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Communications.

This is great news for Vonage as it allows them begin 2008 with a totally clean slate and focus on continuing to build new, innovative product features (such as the recently released ContactBook), improve their newtork quality and overall scale without the distractions of legal wrangling ion the background.

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