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 buy Skype from eBay . Friis and Zennström sued ...
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
gizmosforgeeks.com - 10/8/2009
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gizmosforgeeks.com —
Well, well, well. AT&T has just decided to
reverse their prior stance and allow iPhone users to...
use Skype and other VoIP apps on the cellular networks. VoIP apps would work when the iPhone was on a WiFi network, but not when connected to the AT&T network. Certainly, this is good ...
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AT&T to allow VoIP apps on iPhones to work on cell ...
share.skype.com - 10/8/2009
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Robert Miller is Skype's General Counsel. On October
6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...
Circuit ruled in favor of Skype and eBay affirming a judgment from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas finding that two patents ...
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Skype and eBay Win Appeal in Patent Case
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Skype Founders Are Trying to Block Skype Sale [Business]
Gizmodo —
The two Skype founders are trying to block the sale of Skype from eBay to Mike Volpi and Index Ventures, claiming that the buyers are using unlicensed means of Skype's source code to bypass having to pay a royalty to the two founders. It's all very money/corporate/tech talk, but how it relates to you is what we talked about yesterday: the possibility of Skype buying Gizmo5 in order to power VoIP calls. [GigaOm]
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NewTeeVee —
... Skype Founders Seek Injunction Against Mike Volpi; the duo looking to prevent former Joost CEO Volpi and Index Ventures from completing a deal agreed to in September to buy Skype from eBay. (GigaOM) ...
Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... September 18, 2009: Joost sues Volpi, Index.
October 14, 2009: Skype founders file injunction against Volpi, Index Ventures.
I have some further information on the talks, but I ...
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