what I don't understand is, what patents did Vonage infringe on and how come there are other VOIP companies out there still in business without being sued.
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Joined: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 120
Location: Cheshire, UK
oooh, you said vonage have a few surprises in the next year, I hope one of those is that you can supply naked DSL/Dry Loop to UK customers, that would give British Telecom a kick up its useless ass, and allow me to get rid of my poxy BT line that I have to pay £11 extra for each month as its the only was to get DSL and VOIP in my area as we are not in a fibre cabled area.
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what I don't understand is, what patents did Vonage infringe on and how come there are other VOIP companies out there still in business without being sued.
The patents that Vonage infringed are dubious at best. Vonage really thought that the patents were invalid (as do I) and that they would prevail.
I tried to link some articles here and I can't get links to work. Google up patents, Vonage and then each of these companies. You'll find some very deep discussions on the topic.
When I read up on all of this stuff I really got that old feeling of "damn, someone patented breathing", but I am not a lawyer. Verizon and Sprint were the big 2 in this mess and Vonage settled with both including a license to use patents without ongoing royalty payments.
AT&T is the runt of this litter and I don't think that there is as much concern over this one.
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