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ShoreTel Lobs A Lawyer Back At Mitel |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
ShoreTel has filed counterclaims against Mitel in response to the
latter's patent infringement lawsuit against ShoreTel. The tit for tat
lawsuit rally began a little over a month ago when Mitel decided
ShareTel was violating some of its patent portfolio.
Mitel's timing was particularly nasty as it was on the eve of
ShoreTel's initial public offering and it forced ShoreTel to temper its
ask on the NASDAQ to the tune of about a dollar a share according to
estimates made at the time.
ShoreTel no doubt sees the whole ploy as a bit of a spoiler for its IPO
and is consequently also filing claims for approximately US$10 million
in damages
and an injunction against Mitel in Ontario Superior Court for making
false or misleading statements about ShoreTel's alleged infringement.
The whole circus takes place in the shadow of Vonage versus Verizon Patent Infringement court action and the two disputes are probably just the start of many that will surface as money starts to flow from the technology.
Anyway, in addition to denying all of Mitel's claims of patent
infringement , ShoreTel alleges that Mitel's IP phone systems, including
the Mitel 3300 IP Communications Platform, infringes ShoreTel's U.S.
Patent No. 7,167,486 B2 entitled "Voice Traffic Through a Firewall."
"We are confident in our position, and believe the timing of Mitel's
filing was intended to interfere with our later successful IPO," said
John W. Combs, Chief Executive Officer of ShoreTel. "ShoreTel will
defend its position and pursue its claims against Mitel vigorously."
www.shoretel.com
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