Says Supreme Court ruling invalidates Verizon case

By Paul F. Roberts

Internet based phone company Vonage says a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court this week has given it new life in a crippling lawsuit with telecommunications giant Verizon.

Vonage asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to vacate and remand a U.S. District Court's judgement and injunction against it in a patent dispute with Verizon.

"Vonage has asked the appeals court to send the decision back to the lower court to retry the invalidity case based on the Supreme Court's disavowal of previous rigid standards for determining when an invention is obvious to warrant patent protection," Vonage said in a statement in response to requests from InfoWorld for comment on the ruling.
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