MarketingVOX: Net2Phone has filed a lawsuit against eBay’s Skype, accusing it of patent infringement and seeking a permanent injunction and damages, writes Reuters. The suit by the internet telephone unit of IDT Corp. was filed late last week at a federal court in Newark, New Jersey; it claims that Skype infringes Net2Phone’s patent number ‘704 on point-to-point internet calling.
IDT bought Net2Phone in February. Luxembourg-based Skype was acquired last year by eBay for $2.6 billion. Representative of neither Skype nor Net2Phone would comment.
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Vahe Habeshian BIO
06.05.06
