▁issues ▁of ▁competition ▁with ▁established ▁tele com ▁corpor ations . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁a ▁j ury ▁found ▁Von age ▁guilty ▁of ▁in fr ing ing ▁three ▁pat ents ▁held ▁by ▁Ver izon , ▁and ▁not ▁guilty ▁of ▁in fr ing ing ▁two ▁other ▁pat ents . ▁The ▁j ury ▁ordered ▁Von age ▁to ▁pay ▁$ 5 8 ▁million ▁and ▁a ▁royal ty ▁rate ▁of ▁ 5 . 5 % ▁of ▁every ▁sale ▁to ▁a ▁Von age ▁customer ▁to ▁Ver izon . ▁ ▁Sub sequ ent ▁to ▁this ▁j ury ▁award , ▁there ▁were ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁appe als ▁and ▁intermediate ▁stays ▁on ▁payment . ▁Von age ▁was ▁also ▁ordered ▁by ▁the ▁court ▁to ▁stop ▁signing ▁up ▁new ▁customers ; ▁this ▁was ▁revers ed ▁on ▁appeal ▁three ▁weeks ▁later . ▁On ▁November ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Von age ▁agreed ▁to ▁pay ▁$ 1 2 0 ▁million ▁in ▁dam ages ▁to ▁Ver izon . ▁ ▁In ▁other ▁pat ent ▁law su its , ▁by ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Von age ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁pay ▁$ 8 0 ▁million ▁to ▁S print ▁Next el ▁and ▁$ 3 9 ▁million ▁to ▁AT & T ▁Inc . ▁Another ▁law suit ▁with ▁N ort el ▁resulted ▁in ▁no ▁mon et ary ▁dam ages . ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁customer ▁service ▁settlement ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Von age ▁agreed ▁to ▁an ▁ass urance ▁of ▁volunt ary ▁comp