Legal battle puts Skype's future in jeopardy
August 1, 2009
Apparently the creators of Skype, which was sold to eBay for $2.6B, never sold the underlying technology with the sale of the company. Now Joltid, the company that owns the technology and owned by the original Skype founders, has revoked Skype's license to use its technology. This is interesting to hear, since the founders had plotted to buy Skype back, only to be presented with IPO plans by eBay.