Vonage ordered to pay $69.5 million for infringing Sprint patents
Source: voipcentral.org
Vonage has been marred with patent controversy once again. The Kansas City Federal court has asked the VoIP giant to pay $69.5 million fine for infringing patents of Sprint Nextel. It is yet another blow for Vonage, which is still struggling to come out from Verizon wraps with all constant efforts.
It is the second major patent lawsuit against Vonage, which has lost a $58 million lawsuit earlier this year leaving the VoIP giant in a state of dismay.
Vonage is now all set to appeal the case in the higher court.
Sharon OLeary, the chief legal officer at Vonage noted,
We are disappointed that the jury did not recognize that our technology differs from that of Sprints patents.
Sprint Nextel filed a lawsuit against Vonage two years ago alleging the latter had infringed its seven VoIP patents.
Vonage had earlier lost the patent infringement case filed by Verizon and was ordered to pay $58m in damages, pay a 5.5 per cent royalty to Verizon, and injected not to register any new customers.
Vonage had challenged the ruling in the higher court. The case is pending.
