U.S. startup sues France’s Orange over social calling app

(Reuters) – French telecom group Orange SA confirmed on Wednesday that it has been sued in California by San Francisco-based startup Telesocial in an intellectual property case, but said that the startup’s claims were unfounded. Orange said Telesocial has already taken the company to two French courts including the Paris Court of Appeal based on the same complaints, but in both cases the claims were rejected. “This reinforces our view that Telesocial’s complaints are totally lacking in merit,” the group said in an emailed statement

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U.S. startup sues France’s Orange over social calling app