kara.allthingsd.com - 10/14/2009
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Joost and Joltid filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and also Index Ventures, where he now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or information he got at the video start-up in current dealings with Skype.
The move is yet another ...
gigaom.com - 10/14/2009
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Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the founders of
Skype, though their Joltid and Joost businesses, are seeking...
an injunction against Mike Volpi and Index Ventures that would prevent Volpi and Index from completing a deal agreed to in September to ...
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Skype Founders’ Injunction May Derail Skype Buyout [GigaOM]
techcrunch.com - 10/13/2009
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Skype is in negotiations to buy peer-to-peer VoIP startup...
Gizmo5 , say multiple sources. The price tag is said to be in the $50 million range, but the deal is far from ...
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Skype In Negotiations To Acquire Gizmo5
paidcontent.co.uk - 10/14/2009
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(with David Kaplan) Just as eBay ( NSDQ:
EBAY ) is ready to sell off the 65...
percent of Skype, the founders of the virtual telephone company are suing the auction site for violating their license agreements and infringing on their copyright. According ...
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Updated: Skype Founders Sue eBay, Buyers Over Copyright; ...
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More dramatic developments after the liquidation of Joost UK
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... After his ousting from Joost, Volpi went to former investor Index Ventures, also based in London, where he now works as a partner. All Things D reports that Joost and Joltid just ...
Skype Founders Aggressively Trying To Stop eBay Deal
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... . The suit claims Volpi used proprietary knoweldge he gained while at Joost allowed the group that bought Skype to be comfortable making the aggressive bid that it did. The injunction request asks that Volpi and Index be prevented from futher participating in the acquisition of Skype. Index Ventures was one of the smaller players in the the bid to purchase Skype from eBay, All Things Digital reports. (They also have a copy of the injunction request.) Volpi, that suit claims, knew enough from his time at Joost to be comfortable that litigation pending over the copyright of ...
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