Verizon's Legal Strategy against JAWA: "Ready, fire, aim."

Jawa Chief Executive Jason Hope denied the allegations. He said his company is being unfairly targeted by Verizon Wireless. The carrier simply wants the revenue brought in by Jawa and similar companies for itself, he said.  “They want to target the third-party content industry to take it out so they can basically monopolize that industry for themselves,” Hope said. “That will add several hundred million dollars a year to their bottom line. We’re the largest in the industry, so it’s a very obvious target to start with.”

Hope’s attorney, Curt Langley, said the goal is to make an example of Jawa. “They want to squish them and put them out of business and . . . intimidate their competitors,” he said.