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Vonage Wht Vonage is talking to VoIP, Inc. See:
http://www.voipincorporated.com/aboutus.aspx
"Intell
Wht Vonage is talking to Voip, Inc. See:
http://www.voipincorporated.com/aboutus.aspx
"Intellectual Property:
At the core of VoiceOne’s value proposition and industry differentiation lies in our proprietary softswitch technology, which was developed in-house. The protocol agnostic architecture enables virtually any network protocol, from legacy switches to the latest MPLS standards, to communicate with the VoiceOne softswitch. Our CTO, Shawn Lewis, wrote the patents for the first softswitch (patent 6,614,781) and SS7 Media Gateway (patent 6,442,169). "
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These are all pretty old Patents (we are in the 7 million series now) so they likely predate any Verizon Patents or other Prior Art. I've seen this happen before - the company without a Patent porfolio ends up beholden to the one with a Patent Portfolio. If Vonage can team up with Voip, together they stand a better chance against the Telcos.
But speaking of IP, Voip certainly chose a crappy trademark. I mean, talk about "merely descriptive"! I would think the USPTO would have a hard time granting Voip Inc, a mark on a name that has become generic for "Voice Over IP".
Voip did get a logo mark for their logo, but disclaimed the name itself:
NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "VOIP, INC" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN
So maybe Voip can bring its patent portfolio to the table, and Vonage can bring, well, let's see.... it's name.
And of course, "Woo Hoo". Got to be some goodwill in that mark.
Oh wait, someone else already claims that......
Word Mark WOO HOO
Goods and Services IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Lottery services. FIRST USE: 20020800. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20020800
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 78412414
Filing Date May 3, 2004
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition October 11, 2005
Owner (APPLICANT) Iowa Lottery Commission STATE AGENCY UNITED STATES 2015 Grand Avenue Des Moines IOWA 50312
Attorney of Record Emily E. Harris
Type of Mark SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
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