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By: GigaOM » Vonage wins Permanent Stay

GigaOM » Vonage wins Permanent Stay — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:08:50 +0000

[...] meaning simply that Vonage is free to conduct business as usual while it pursues an appeal of the original ruling that found it had infringed some of Verizon’s VoIP [...]

By: » The High Cost Of Innovation: Vonage’s Patent Woes

» The High Cost Of Innovation: Vonage’s Patent Woes — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:50:08 +0000

[...] of patent infringement. The innovative VoIP company had lost the trial and was ordered to pay $58 Million in damages in early March, when a jury found them to have violated thee of seven related patents held by [...]

By: GigaOM » Vonage saved by VoIP Inc., for now

GigaOM » Vonage saved by VoIP Inc., for now — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:44:40 +0000

[...] 3/8/2007: Vonage owes $58 million in patent case Share/E-mail | Sphere | Print | Topic: Voice | Tags: patent, PSTN, verizon, voip inc., vonage [...]

By: GigaOM » Vonage: Rocky Road, not Road Kill

GigaOM » Vonage: Rocky Road, not Road Kill — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:15:43 +0000

[...] would lead you to believe that Vonage is on the death bed, gasping its last breath. The $58 million potential payout to Verizon has the gravediggers out in full force. The B-word is being thrown around. However, Vonage’s [...]

By: Dan Borislow

Dan Borislow — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:17:34 +0000

I have never seen regulators shut down phone lines before,especially when people depend on them for 911 and other vital services.At the worst,I believe they will not be able to sell new lines for the time being.Vonage uses ENUM,and that is the conflict with the Patent.Many other service providers do not use ENUM.Vonage can work around it within months.Hopefully they have started the process a while ago.It is always tough to be a pioneer in any Business,and I am thankful they were this time.I also think the whole industry will now take on the fight,and that should help Vonage in the appeal process.

By: Iggy Uncensored

Iggy Uncensored — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:30:04 +0000

Will Vonage and independent VOIP survive...

There has always been a question of could Vonage and other independent VOIP providers survive when cable companies and traditional telcos got into the VOIP ( Voice over Internet Protocol ) market. Up to this point both have been able to coexist togethe...

By: JonnyB

JonnyB — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:14:26 +0000

This is truly disrutpive - what do you think this will mean for the other VoIP players like Rebtel and Truphone?

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:56:08 +0000

I see a lot of anti-Vonage sentiment expressed. What about Verizon? Does everyone recognize what this could mean for the VoIP industry and consumers? The precedent has been set for Verizon and other big players to use vague and trivial patents to stifle competition and true innovation. "failure to innovate" applies as much or even more to Verizon than Vonage. Just take a look at the actual patent claims. Real ground-breaking stuff like a name translation server that can return different results based on conditions such as time of day. Wow, why didn't I think of that!!

By: William

William — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:34:08 +0000

.....and failure to innovate.

I could not have said it better myself. What a shame! The vultures will now take flight and start to circle the smelly rotten remains.

By: Steve Morsa

Steve Morsa — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:58:09 +0000

…as Vonage heads off to exile island…most sadly, with their unfortunate stock holders in tow…let the lawsuits begin…

By: Paul Kapustka

Paul Kapustka — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:30:10 +0000

Post is updated with link to Vonage press release. Company spokespeople confirmed that Vonage will "appeal, quickly."

By: Brian Laks

Brian Laks — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:21:13 +0000

At least if they go under we'll still have those whimsical commercials...

By: CZ

CZ — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:19:51 +0000

Paul,
Eric has a comment and Verizon’s statement at our Policy Blog:
http://policyblog.verizon.com/policyblog/blogs/policyblog/ericrabe9/250/jury-says-vonage-infringed-vz-patents.aspx

By: BlogReader

BlogReader — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:09:13 +0000

There's a patent on a usage of call forwarding? What's next, a patent on the way to cook a souffle?