Verizon Communications suffered a legal setback having to do with claims on video-on-demand technology patents. The telco had been sued by interactive TV and cloud video system vendor ActiveVideo Networks for alleged infringement on the patents in question, and Verizon had responded with a countersuit against ActiveVideo and one of its customers, Cablevision Systems. However, a federal judge has ruled Verizon’s infringement counterclaims to be invalid, which sets the stage for the original lawsuit to go to court on July 12.
