WEEKLY NEWS - OCTOBER 09, 2008
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Verizon delivered blow in VoIP case
Eileen McDermott, New York
Verizon’s latest attempt to assert its patents for VoIP technology was rejected on Tuesday, when a Virginia jury found that Cox Communications’ digital telephone service did not infringe the patents at issue in the case
New York-based Verizon Communications originally accused Cox of infringing eight of its patents relating to VoIP and requested roughly $400 million in damages. Two of the eight patents were subsequently dropped from the suit.
In addition to direct infringement, Verizon also accused Cox of wilfully contributing to and actively inducing infringement, as well as acting in concert with others to infringe.
Cox, which purports to be the third-largest cable provider in the nation, countered that its technology did not infringe, since Verizon’s patents cover internet phone service, rather than proprietary phone systems.
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