Ruling on Thursday, jurors at the US District Court for the Virginia Eastern District stated that VoIP service provider Vonage Holdings had infringed three US patents held by Verizon.
Verizon filed suit against Vonage last summer, alleging several instances of patent infringement with regard to internet telephony technology.
Vonage was ordered to pay $58m, and royalties of 5.5% of future sales, but is reportedly disputing the validity of the patents in question.
Commenting on the verdict last week, John Thorne, Verizon senior vice president and deputy general counsel stated that:
"A jury today found that Vonage Holdings Corp. has infringed three United States patents awarded to Verizon covering methods of offering commercial-quality VoIP services, including wireless access to VoIP."
"Patents encourage and protect innovations that benefit consumers, create jobs and keep the economy growing. Verizon's innovations are central to its strategy of building the best communications networks in the world."
"We are proud of our inventors and pleased the jury stood up for the legal protections they deserve."
The verdict is not expected to affect the service received by Vonage customers.
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