"Cox asserted that those two patents – U.S. Patent No. 6,104,711 and 6,282,574, which cover the translation of text-based names into routing addresses for Internet-based communications – were not just invalid but also unenforceable. That’s because, according to Cox’s filing, Verizon “failed to disclose all non-cumulative, material prior art of which Verizon was aware to the Patent Office” during the patent-review process."
In the Vonage case, there appeared to be "prior art" for this, though the courts did not see any concrete evidence . . . while the rest of the Voip community was aware of working groups and prior art previous to Verizon's patent (see http://techdirt.com/articles/20070417/005814.shtml).
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