[IP] Judge Bars Vonage From Seeking New Customers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com>
Date: April 6, 2007 2:17:48 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: "'Fred Goldstein'" <fgoldstein@ionary.com>
Subject: FW: WSJ TECH ALERT: Judge Bars Vonage From Seeking New  
Customers

Fred Goldstein and others have looked at the patents and it does indeed
seem as if they are pretty generic patents that cover the VoIP in a very
general way.

IANAL but this does seem to be another blatant abuse of a tragically  
flawed
patent system. You don't even get your day in court if the most naïve in
your community can impose their will and if investing in what I consider
legal chicanery brings the highest ROI. Is chicanery too harsh a term  
when
Verizon claims that it cannot survive if Vonage is allowed to continue
while appealing the decision?


-----Original Message-----
From: WSJ.com Editors [mailto:access@interactive.wsj.com]
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 11:22
Subject: WSJ TECH ALERT: Judge Bars Vonage From Seeking New Customers

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TECHNOLOGY ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal.


April 6, 2007

A judge has effectively barred Internet phone carrier Vonage from  
signing
up new customers as punishment for infringing on patents held by  
Verizon,
though the company will be allowed to continue servicing existing
customers. Vonage is planning to appeal.


FOR MORE INFORMATION, see:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117587187185562221.html?mod=djemalert




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