[asterisk-biz] Vonage Vs. Verizon Update

[Steve Totaro]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Eric "ManxPower" Wieling
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:46 PM
> To: email at mattruby.com; 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