[asterisk-users] Verizon-Vonage Lawsuit

[Paul]

J. Oquendo wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Apr 2007, Paul wrote:
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>>It begins to look like government-backed racketeering and gangsterism.
>>What is happening to "free enterprise" these days?
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>>Dean Collins wrote:
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>Stepping back into reality for a moment, emotions aside, I side with
>the law if Vonage infringed on VZ's patent. Don't misconstrue what
>I typed, re-read it clearly. If you created something, patented it,
>and someone else used it without permission or compensation, if you
>can honestly tell this list you would sit back while said person or
>company made millions and do nothing, you would be lying to youself.
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>Other companies in the industry used VZ's patents under licensing
>without incident so why couldn't Vonage. This isn't David versus
>Goliath here in fact Vonage tried to get things in order with
>Verizon AFTER the fact. So kudos to the judge in this case.
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>Personally I don't like Verizon, and I'm glad I deal with them
>on a minimal level nowdays. However, the law is the law.
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I just think an order against taking on new customers is going too far.
It is like Verizon is saying they will never grant Vonage a license at a
reasonable enough price to remain in business. Besides, I saw some news
that Vonage is exploring arrangements with other companies so they can
operate without infringing if they lose all appeals.