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9/18/09

Computerworld: Skype European founders file US suit against eBay

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Skype European founders file US suit against eBay

With a similar legal battle playing out in the U.K., a company owned by Skype's founders has 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 in California against Skype, eBay, Silver Lake Partners and others. 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. Earlier this year Joltid terminated the license agreement. Joltid and Skype have since argued over the validity of the termination in courts in England. Further arguments are scheduled there in the middle of next year.

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