Vonage has been saying Verizon’s patent claims are overly broad for some time, but now people have dug up some prior art.
One of the patents Verizon is complaining about is #6,104,711, what they call an “enhanced internet domain name server.”
In short, it’s all about linking phone numbers to IP numbers, and Jeff Pulver says he [...]

Posted April 23, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: chilling effect, copyfight, court case, free world dialup, fwd, h.323, innovation, intellectual property, jeff pulver, lawsuit, legal battle, patent, patent infringement, patent law, patents, prior art, underdog, verizon, vonage. Be the first one.

Vonage will be in court again tomorrow defending itself against Verizon’s claims of patent infringement. The innovative VoIP company had lost the trial and was ordered to pay $58 Million in damages in early March, when a jury found them to have violated thee of seven related patents held by Verizon. Vonage appealed of course, [...]

Posted April 23, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: chilling effect, copyfight, court case, innovation, intellectual property, lawsuit, legal battle, patent infringement, patent law, underdog, verizon, vonage. One Comment.

Jason O’Grady introduced me to the Skype-like Gizmo Project by the folks over at SIPphone.
I’ve been a Vonage customer for a couple years now, so I’ve had a chance to get familiar with VoIP, and I’m looking for a good Bluetooth headset so I can try Gizmo and Skype (and others), but I got to [...]

Posted July 27, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: asterisk, gizmo, gizmo project, open source, pbx, sipphone, skype, skype out, voip, voip providers, voip systems, vonage. 5 Comments.

Engadget’s interview with Jeffrey Citron, chairman and CEO of Vonage gives an interesting peak into the world of the baby bells, through the eyes of an upstart. Citron dishes about the competition, stomping AT&T, working deals with the bells to make 911 services work, and a possible Palm version of their softphone.
Most interestingly is his [...]

Posted May 23, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: baby bells, engadget, ma bell, phone, upstart, voip, vonage. Be the first one.