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Re: Judge Hits Vonage With Injuction; Stop Using Verizon Technology

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
24 Mar 2007 18:27:06 -0700

Peter wrote:

> A federal judge dealt a blow to Vonage Holdings Corp. that sent its
> stock reeling on Friday, when he agreed to bar the company from
> using Internet phone call technology patented by Verizon
> Communications Inc. ... A jury on March 8 found Vonage had
> infringed three patents owned by Verizon. ...

When Vonage hit the scene, a number of participants here were quite
enthused about it. I am curious as to what they think of the current
situation.

Also, could anyone explain -- in layman's terms -- what the three
patents covered?

At the risk of offending some people, I am not sympathetic to Vonage.
I felt they entered the market by low-balling the pricing and failing
to provide 911 support. They had to make that up after the fact.
Cutting corners is an easy way to break in to a market, but not
necessarily a good one. Now they've been found guilty of stealing
inventions. Well, gee, you steal someone else's R&D, it's easy to
underprice them. They do all the work, you get all the benefits.

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