Washington – A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Vonage Holdings, the leading Internet telephone provider, can continue doing business as usual while it seeks to overturn a lower-court ruling that it violated three patents belonging to Verizon Communications.
Roger Warin, an attorney for Vonage, told the court that the company faced a “real risk of insolvency” if barred from selling its service to new customers, as a lower court ordered earlier this month.
He asked the three-judge panel to extend an emergency reprieve allowing the company to continue adding new customers.
Less than two hours later, the appeals court ruled in favor of Vonage and scheduled a June 25 hearing on the appeal itself.
“We thank the appellate court for its thoughtful consideration of the merits of our case,” Vonage chief executive Jeffrey Citron said in a statement. “We remain focused on growing and strengthening our business and driving toward profitability.”
