> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric "ManxPower" Wieling > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk > Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Vonage Vs. Verizon Update > > Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > That's not a change in the status of the case. Vonage lost in that > > District Court, supposedly setting them up for an appeal in the court > > where actual patent and IP expertise is available. Verizon is just > > hitting Vonage with an injunction to enforce the patents found infringed > > in this first case, which Vonage will just > > > > It's a typically lawyer/telco load of BS, but it's standard > operating > > procedure and the (Vonage) plan. If the district judge who granted the > > "permanent" injunction doesn't let Vonage out of it when they ask for > > it, then Vonage will ask the new appeals judge to lift that injunction. > > If neither judge lifts the injunction, then Vonage actually is screwed, > > because that also means those judges don't think the appeal is likely to > > be heard or to succeed. And if they actually stop Vonage infringing, > > therefore operating, before the appeal is successful, then they likely > > will have killed Vonage. And then each less funded competitor, like > > those (also) running Asterisk, will be in Verizon's sights. > > Wouldn't most other telcos SBC and the "New Old AT&T" also be infringing > on the call forwarding patents? Wouldn't companies like Cox cable > (which provide phone service via VoIP) also be infringing? All these > companies have very deep pockets.
New info: http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSWEN576020070326 Thanks, Steve Totaro http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB _______________________________________________ --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
