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Vonage May Have Way Around Patent Disputes
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Zonk
on Thu May 10, 2007 04:06 PM
from the clever-clever-company dept.
from the clever-clever-company dept.
nevillethedevil writes "Bloomberg is reporting that Vonage may have found a way around the current patent issues they have been facing with Verizon and others. They are applying technological solutions to a legal problem, changing the way that Vonage's communications software operates at a basic level to ensure that they no longer infringe on patent claims. 'Vonage's new technology can be installed through software downloads and shouldn't be costly to deploy, Citron said. The company will continue to appeal the court decision that requires it to pay Verizon damages for infringing patents on technology that translates Internet-based calls to standard lines.'"
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Way around... (Score:1)
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Well there's always two cans and a string. Unless some kid has a patent on that too.
They could sell pet food online! (Score:2)
Hired SCO Developers (Score:2)
if (switch = "5eSS") {
phone_home("Bell Atlantic Law Dept", hostname);
}
Two Useful Links (Score:5, Informative)
I worked in a company that did software in the banking/finance world and the lawyer literally spent all her time working with engineering to figure ways around patents or otherwise write code that stuck to as many standards as legally possible.
Apparently this presented great complexity from a coding perspective.
Two informative links for those that want a bit of substantive background on the topic.
http://ipurbia.com/2007/03/verizon-patent-analysi
http://herot.typepad.com/cherot/2007/04/verizon_s
That this kind of litigation has to happen at all is another indicator of how bad the business climate is in the U.S.
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The reason is that
Missing The Point (Score:3, Interesting)
I wish Verizon would sue Level3, but they won't. They'll sue every ISP/VOIP provider that
bullshit (Score:2)
So what? If it's not been disclosed, it doesn't matter.
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What other patents are they violating? (Score:1)
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A final point, Vonage be
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I thought so...
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Short-term solution (Score:5, Insightful)
patent workarounds... (Score:5, Interesting)
If that doesn't show that software patents are bogus, I don't know what will.
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Sadly in the software world
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Go Vonage! (Score:4, Insightful)
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The key portio
Re:Totally Off-topic (Score:4, Informative)
Blame Flash on Linux. (Score:1, Offtopic)
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wait that's a smudge on the screen.
Re:Totally Off-topic (Score:4, Interesting)
Actually slashdot uses some dynamic ads that simply trust the ad provider won't do shit like that. The admins here will fix it soon I bet.
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Thanks to them, I barely remember what you are complaining about....give them a try!
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1. They operate like Big-Business (2.5 million customers, and losing money like a drunken sailor)
2. Vonage is destoying Big-Telco's cash cow.
I think the technology is great, but Vonage will be taken down by people who have
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I sure hope not.
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http://fin [google.com]
Offtopic Trivial Info Message: (Score:5, Funny)
Try a window screen. As long as the screen itself is not resting on a solid surface (ie: up on small blocks) this works most of the time. The theory is that the cat will cling to the screen and allow you to bathe, examine, draw blood, admin meds, etc. Works amazingly well!
why yes IAAVT (I Am A Veterinary Technician)!
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BTW, it's true, though I wasn't trying for funny. Even funnier is actually seeing it in action!
Two minor things I forgot: 1. don't work well with declawed cats, 2. have to set the screen on solid surface before they will let go.
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Re:Heads up, Vonage is a scam (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Vonage is a leech - NOT! (Score:2)
If Verizon DSL is a money loser, WTF are they doing supplying it?? It doesn't make sense. Companies are there t
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If a DSL, Cable Modem, or FIOS service does not pay for itself purely based on the data service, then the provider is not ch
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Anyway, your premise about the maintenance of the copper is utter BS. Vonage requires that one has an internet connection. That is where the telco or cable company or
Re: I have both (Score:2, Insightful)