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eBay settles Skype software suit

Under the terms of the settlement, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis will get a 14 percent stake in the consortium buying Sykpe from eBay in return for an undisclosed cash investment and the withdrawal of their lawsuits. Full Article at New Kerala

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  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Josh Silverman, CEO of Skype Technologies, participates in a discussion at the Brookings Institution on September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Brookings Institution hosted a discussion on improving broadband and mobile communications.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 01: In this photo illustration, the Skype internet phone program is seen September 1, 2009 in New York City. EBay announced it will sell most of its Skype online phone service to a group of investors for $1.9 billion, a deal that values Skype at $2.75 billion.
  3. FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Ed Ho, right, demonstrates the online telecommunications service Skype with friend Daren Tsui, on screen, at Ho's home in Palo Alto, Calif.
  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 19: General view of the eBay Holiday Store on November 19, 2009 in New York City.
  5. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 06: Visitors look at a still-standing section of the former Berlin Wall, behind which lies the so-called 'death strip,' where East German guards had the order to shoot on sight anyone attempting to flee across to West Berlin, as well as a newly-erected former guard tower at the...
  6. IRVINE, CA - OCTOBER 14: Republican gubernatorial nomination hopeful and former congressman Tom Campbell speaks at the Orange County Forum, a regular gathering of business and social leaders to present forums on timely topics, on October 14, 2009 in Irvine, California.
  7. FULLERTON, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman officially announces her candidacy for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination on September 22, 2009 in Fullerton, California.
  8. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 01: In this photo illustration, the Skype internet phone program and eBay website are seen September 1, 2009 in New York City. EBay announced it will sell most of its Skype online phone service to a group of investors for $1.9 billion, a deal that values Skype at $2.75 billion.
  9. In this July 14, 2009 photo, April Englebert shows a handful of coupons, including manufacturers' coupons she'd gotten by e-mail and ones she'd bought on eBay and printed out, outside a grocery store in Portland, Ore.

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