Vonage Holdings this week said it has been served with a lawsuit from Verizon alleging infringement of certain patents relating to VoIP technology.
The suit was filed against Vonage and its subsidiary, Vonage America, by Verizon Services Corp. and Verizon Laboratories Inc. The lawsuit identifies seven patents allegedly infringed upon by Vonage.
Vonage says it believes that its services have been developed with its own proprietary technology and technology licensed from third parties and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. Vonage says it has engaged its outside intellectual property counsel to investigate the matter.
Calls to Verizon were not returned by press time.
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Re: Which Verizon patents did Vonage violate?By Anonymous on April 10, 2007, 4:42 pmI am sure that someone will get a patent for breathing air. Then we will all get sued. They have already patented our DNA. Try using your DNA to make a buck,...
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what i don't understand isBy Anonymous on April 11, 2007, 9:51 amwhat i don't understand is on why other voip are not impacted? didn't they implement the same technology in the same way?
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Re: Which Verizon patents did Vonage violate?By Anonymous-L on April 11, 2007, 10:14 am This patent should be dismissed as a bad one.
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Legalized slavery of minds..By Anonymous on April 11, 2007, 11:10 amSome day someone will get a patent for "method of opening the doors".. Personally I'm more and more happy, that I live outside of USA. Poor slaves.. :/
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Verizon/Vonage debacleBy Anonymous on April 11, 2007, 12:57 pmVoice-over-data, or VOIP, has been around for 30+ years. It's fairly disgusting that the consumers will be deprived yet again of an innovative and cost effective...
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VonageBy Anonymous on April 11, 2007, 1:08 pmThe big phone companies have had it out for Vonage since day one. Once a company offers service for $14.99 per month or unlimited for $23.99 instead of the highway...
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