Vonage and Nortel settle patent dispute

Andre Yoskowitz
31 Dec 2007 17:47

The popular VoIP company Vonage has announced that it has settled ongoing patent disputes with Nortel Networks without paying out any monetary damages, sending its stock surging over 8 percent.

The settlement puts to rest the last of four major suits against Vonage. Earlier this year the company settled with AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Nextel.

"This is the last of them and we're quite happy to put it behind us," Vonage spokesman Charles Sahner said.
Vonage said the "settlement involves a limited cross license to three Nortel and three Vonage patents and will not call for any monetary payments by any party."

The disputes were centered on patents behind click-to-call technology as well as the patents on "911" and "411" call numbers.

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