Comments on: Sprint Nextel sues Vonage for patent infringement http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: real inventor http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108867 Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:23:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108867 the real inventor of the patents listed here was not an sprint employee. interestingly his name does not appear as the inventor on any of the patents listed! i spoke to him today and he mentioned there were actually 20+ patents that sprint has filed without his name as the inventor in the filing! i am sure soon both sprint & vonage will be hearing from him.

]]> By: Pankaj http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108866 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:36:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108866 Martin

It does sound ridiculous but you have to remember that Sprint-Nextel is in close alliance/partnerships with many cable-co’s helping them provide their own Voice-over-packet offerings to compete with Vonage. So there may be a shared interest behind the lawsuit. All in all it seems almost frivolous.

Pankaj

]]> By: Jake http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108865 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:31:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108865 List:

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Link: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?TERM1=6304572+6633561+6463052+6452932+6473429+6298064+6665294&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=0&f=S&l=50

Good luck to the mangler…

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]]> By: Telepocalypse http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108864 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:35:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108864 Patently ridiculous

I don’t understand why Sprint is suing a bunch of folks over VoIP patents. Sprint’s aim in assembling a patent portfolio was primarily to create a bargaining chip that could be used in negotiations with big suppliers. You cross-license your…

]]> By: المغرب http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108863 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 02:57:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108863 moment had come

]]> By: Jeff http://gigaom.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108862 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 20:59:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/04/sprint-nextel-sues-vonage-for-patent-infringement/#comment-108862 Does anyone know what the patent numbers are that Sprint/Nextel allege are being infringed? Sprint site does not list them in the press release.

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