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Re: Judge Hits Vonage With Injuction; Stop Using Verizon Technology

Barry Margolin (barmar@alum.mit.edu)
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:35:50 -0400

In article <telecom26.85.9@telecom-digest.org>, T
<nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> wrote:

> In article <telecom26.84.4@telecom-digest.org>, first.last@comcast.net
> says:

>> From Cnet:

>> "The patents Vonage was found to have infringed deal with technologies
>> involving connection of VoIP calls to the regular phone network, some
>> features for implementing call-waiting and voice-mail services, and VoIP
>> calls using Wi-Fi handsets."

> So it's the connection method is it? Far as I can recall, switches of
> all sizes have been IP aware for quite some time now. My Vonage line
> is in essence a VoIP phone connected to a real switch. Verizon and
> that damned jury doesn't seem to understand that part.

Have *you* read the patents in question? If not, how can you
criticize their decision? You can't possibly know what the patents
are really covering from the brief paragraph above.

Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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