With a similar legal battle playing out in the U.K., a company owned by Skype's founders has reportedly filed suit against Skype in the U.S.
Joltid, the company owned by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, filed a copyright infringement suit against Skype in California, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday.
The dispute concerns an agreement that eBay made when it bought Skype in 2005. The acquisition did not include Skype's peer-to-peer networking technology, which is owned by Joltid and was licensed to Skype.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9138151/
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Joltid, the company owned by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, filed a copyright infringement suit against Skype in California, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday.
The dispute concerns an agreement that eBay made when it bought Skype in 2005. The acquisition did not include Skype's peer-to-peer networking technology, which is owned by Joltid and was licensed to Skype.
More: http://computerworld.com/s/article/9138151/