Joltid

Updated: EBay Confirms Deal With Skype Cofounders; They Get 14 Percent Stake In Spinoff

Nov 6, 2009 9:49 AM

As expected, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) announced a deal today between the Skype investor group and Joltid, the owner of the code that runs Skype. Joltid and Skype cofounders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will get 14 percent of the new Skype in exchange for granting Skype ownership of the software…

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Posted In: Legal, ebay, index ventures, joltid, skype

Skype Cofounders Will Be Part Of Buyout Group; Index Ventures Is Out

Staci D. Kramer

Nov 5, 2009 3:10 PM

Updated: A settlement has been reached that should wipe the slate on all of the litigation involving Skype and its founders, paving the way for the unit to be spun out of eBay (NSDQ: EBAY)—and also will wipe Index Ventures out of the picture, paidContent has confirmed. Reports of a…

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Posted In: Legal, Mobile, ebay, joltid, skype

Updated: Skype Founders Get Personal; Sue Former Joost CEO Volpi Over Trade Secrets

Staci D. Kramer

Sep 18, 2009 11:54 AM

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the founders of a P2P maze of Skype, Joost and other startups based on code owned by their company Joltid, are now suing one of their own former execs. Wednesday, former Joost CEO Michaelangelo “Mike” Volpi was the only individual included in Joltid’s copyright infringement…

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Posted In: Legal, ebay, joltid, joost, mike volpi, skype