A group of private equity investors that agreed a deal to buy Skype from Ebay look set to reach a settlement with the founders of the internet telephony service, which would leave then with a stake in the business, people familiar with the situation said.
The deal would end an increasingly bitter legal dispute between the two sides over the ownership of the software that powers Skype, which was the key stumbling block to the completion of the $1.9bn deal .
