Net2Phone, one of the oldest players in the online telephony services industry, filed a lawsuit against another giant, Skype — the Global Telephony Company and its parent, ebay. Skype was alleged for violating the VOIP patent owned by Net2phone for last 6 years.

The lawsuit filed by Net2Phone on Thursday at New Jersey, claims the infringement of Net2Phone's patent number '704 by skype. The peer-to-peer protocol, used by Skype for its telephony services is considered to be the culprit for these allegations on Skype.

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