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STRAIGHT PATH COMMUNICATIONS INC. FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 8.01 Other Events. On September 24, 2014, Straight Path IP Group, Inc. ("SPIPG"), a subsidiary of Straight Path Communications Inc. (the "Registrant") filed patent infringement complaints against each of Apple Inc., Avaya Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California claiming (i) Apple's telecommunications products, including Facetime software, infringe four of its patents, (ii) Avaya's IP telephony, video conference and telepresence products such as Aura Platform infringe four of its patents, and (iii) Cisco's IP telephony, video conference and telepresence products such as Cisco's Unified Communications Solutions infringe four of its patents. SPIPG is seeking damages for the patent infringements. On September 26, 2014, SPIPG filed a Complaint against Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Services Corp., and Verizon Business Network Services Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, claiming that Verizon's telephony products, such as its Advanced Communications Products, including Unified Communications and Collaboration and VOIP, infringe three of its patents. SPIPG is seeking damages for Verizon's infringement. |