[asterisk-users] Verizon-Vonage Lawsuit

[Salvatore Giudice]

I co-invented that one. It's a good one. A lot of my input went into it, but
the final product was much more general than I was originally led to
believe.

Somehow this patent was slowly changed from "disclosing sip contact center
technologies" to a patent on "using SIP".

The original intention was to do this for disclosure purposes in order
defend against clowns like Katz. However, the company that owns this patent
has since transferred rights to one of their subsidiary IP PBX firms and
eventually they may decide to use this patent for other purposes besides
"defensive disclosure".

I imagine that they could always whip this patent out on competing SIP PBX
companies... It certainly would be annoying to deal with.

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Salvatore Giudice
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Collins
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:05 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Verizon-Vonage Lawsuit

> Salvatore Giudice wrote:
> > Take a look at this patent:
> > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20060098624.html
> >
> >
> > Title: Using session initiation protocol
> > Document Type and Number:United States Patent 20060098624
> > Inventors:
> > Morgan, David P. (Lexington, MA, US)
> > Sullivan, Daniel B. (Charlestown, MA, US)
> > Erickson, Jon A. (Scituate, MA, US)
> > Giudice, Salvatore R. (Charlestown, MA, US)
> >
> > This is the kind of stuff that goes on in corporate America when it
> comes to
> > new technology and patent law. =)
> 
> Holy cow.
> 
> -Stephen-

You ain't kidding!!!

Next thing you know someone will try to patent this: "User picks up
communications unit human interface device, a.k.a. 'handset', in
response to audible ringing indication (visual 'ring' indication is
optional)."

Just when I thought I couldn't have a lower expectation for a government
agency - here comes the USPTO.  Monumental foolishness.

-MC

P.S. - in broader terms, are there any of these patents that threaten
FOSS telephony projects?
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