Verizon Communications has filed a lawsuit claiming that Internet phone carrier Vonage violated patent rights that Verizon has on technology for making phone calls via the Internet. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., on behalf of subsidiaries Verizon Services, of Arlington, Va., and Verizon Laboratories, of Waltham, Mass. Holmdel-based Vonage contested the claim. ``Vonage believes that its services have been developed with its own proprietary technology and technology licensed from third parties and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit,'' the company said in a statement. Vonage spokesman Mitchell Slepian declined to comment further.

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