VoIP startup Vonage has settled down a legal dispute with Klausner Technologies and reached out an agreement to use their patents relating to voicemail services. This is the second major settlement of Vonage this week.
Earlier this week, the VoIP pioneer agreed to pay some $80 million to Sprint Nextel as part of the settlement. In return, Sprint Nextel has granted more than 100 VoIP patents to Vonage.
It is nice to learn that Vonage is trying to come out of legal hassles and focus on its core business, which in the long turn will help the company to rebuild its brand image in the market.
Judah Klausner-founded Klausner Technologies sued Vonage last year claiming Vonage’s voicemail platform infringes its technology and sought $180 million damages.
Klausner Technologies controls nearly 25 patents relating to IP-based voicemail services. The company had earlier allowed AOL to use its voicemail patent.
Vonage is still fighting a legal battle with Verizon Communication. The residential VoIP company was ordered to pay $58 million in damages, plus 5.5 percent royalties on future revenues for the violation of three Verizon patents.
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals has vacated the $58 million judgment against the residential VoIP player under the ground that the lower court had wrongly interpreted one of the three patents.
