Photo

Reuters Photojournalism

Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography.  See more | Photo caption 

A view of an illegal oil refinery is seen in Ogoniland outside Port Harcourt in Nigeria's Delta region March 24, 2011. Crude oil thieves -- known locally as "bunkerers" -- have been a fact of life for years in Africa's biggest oil and gas industry, puncturing pipelines and costing Nigeria and foreign oil firms millions of dollars in lost revenues each year. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CRIME LAW ENERGY)

Nigeria's oil thieves

Nigeria is Africa's largest crude oil exporter but its production capacity has been slashed by thieves drilling into pipelines.  Slideshow 

Photo

Life in an Amazon tribe

A look at life in the Brazilian Amazon basin with the Yawalapiti tribe.  Slideshow 

Vonage says Verizon patent case won't affect customers

ALEXANDRIA, Va | Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:19pm EDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va (Reuters) - A Vonage Holdings Corp. lawyer told Reuters on Friday that the company was optimistic it could get an appeals court to overturn a patent infringement ruling in favor of Verizon Communications Inc. and reiterated that the case would not affect its customers.

Sharon O'Leary, Vonage's chief lawyer, said in an interview that she was "happy" that U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton is considering staying a permanent injunction that he said he planned to issue. The injunction bars Vonage from using some voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies that allow consumers to make calls over the Internet.

Related Quotes and News

Company
Price
Related News
Comments (0)
This discussion is now closed. We welcome comments on our articles for a limited period after their publication.