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gigaom.com - 11/2/2009

Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works? [GigaOM]

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The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype , a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation. The various parties are in discussions to resolve the various issues. The talks are described to be at ...

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techcrunch.com - 11/9/2009

Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5

— techcrunch.com — Last month Skype was in talks to acquire VoIP startup Gizmo5 . It was a perfect backup... plan in case all that IP litigation didn’t work out. – Gizmo5’s SIP infrastructure could theoretically replace Skype’s proprietary P2P ... (more) Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5

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techcrunch.com - 11/6/2009

Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%

— techcrunch.com — eBay has just announced that it has reached a settlement with the founders of Skype , clearing... the way for the sale of the Internet communication company to a consortium formed by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners , Andreessen Horowitz and ... (more) Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, ...

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kara.allthingsd.com - 11/5/2009

I Love the Smell of Settlement in the Morning: Skype Founders Set to Get 10 Percent, Option to ...

— kara.allthingsd.com — According to several sources close to the situation, a deal to settle the Skype imbroglio is likely... to be announced around the time the markets open tomorrow. While the massive agreement is not yet officially signed–which will settle ... (more) I Love the Smell of Settlement in the Morning: Skype ...

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Breakfast briefing: BBC's new political site launches
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... surrounding Skype is nearing a conclusion, reports GigaOm, with the possibility of an agreement over the peer-to-peer technology that eBay didn't buy. ...

Improved clarity reported in Skype talks
GMSV — Being over a barrel cannot be a comfortable position for any extended period, so it’s not surprising to hear a report that a resolution may be near in the legal tussle complicating eBay’s desire to sell controlling interest of its Skype telephony unit to a group of investors (see “ ...

Skype For Linux Going (Almost) Open Source [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... What that means is that the core protocol will not be open sourced and will remain closed. I think the point here is clear; a majority of the underlying technology for Skype service is owned by JoltID, a company controlled by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Skype and its founders are locked in a legal battle over the use of this technology. ...

Further Details Emerge As Skype & Its Founders Close to Settlement [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... There is a good likelihood that Skype; its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis; and a group of private equity investors led by Silver Lake Partners are close to settling their legal disputes, allowing eBay to sell 65 percent of Skype for about $2 billion. I had first reported the news this past weekend. As part of the settlement, Zennstrom and Friis are likely to get a board representation, and there is some talk of Index Ventures being out of the deal as well. ...

Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%
TechCrunch — ... gain representation on the board of the new entity. The two men are also putting in a ’significant amount of capital’ of their own in exchange for the stake in the new company, presumably through their Atomico Ventures fund. They are, of course, dropping their lawsuits against eBay and the other Skype buyers. Now that Index and Volpi are out of the ballgame, lawsuits against both will also be forfeited. GigaOM first reported that a settlement might have been in the works earlier this month, a report that was ...