I read through each of the patents Verizon alleges Vonage is infringing. The patents are extremely broad and two seem to possibly apply to parts of Asterisk. If Verizon is successful in its case against Vonage, could Digium be next in its sights ?
See: Enhanced internet domain name server Patent # 6,104,711 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 &u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6104711.PN.&OS=PN/6104711 &RS=PN/6104711 Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number Patent # 6,282,574 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 &u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6282574.PN.&OS=PN/6282574 &RS=PN/6282574 I'm sure I'm not the only one looking to hear from Digium, Inc. about this issue ? Best Regards, Alex Brecher http://PremierPBX.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
