Lessig Holds Court on Copyright, Patents
Source: saunderslog.com
Lessig on copyright and software patents. I don’t always agree with Lessig, but his work is thought provoking..
Last 20 posts tagged "patent"
Vonage Has a New Patent
Source: www.voip-news.com
-news.comVonage has a new patent. It’s for something called “Method and Apparatus for Enhanced Internet Telephony.” According to the company, “The invention, which was filed for patent…
Cox Didn’t Violate Verizon Patents
Source: www.voip-news.com
-news.comA Federal jury ruled today that Cox didn’t infringe on Verizon’s patents. Verizon had sued the competing company earlier this year, after winning a similar lawsuit against Vonag…
Verizon Loses VoIP Patent Case, Did Vonage Screw Up?
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
TechDirt’s Mike Masnick has a very to the point post about Verizon being beaten in court by Cox Communications. This reminds me of other cases where companies believe its better to sett…
Click-to-Call Patents Up For Auction
Source: www.voip-news.com
Click-to-call patents are up for auction in the U.S. on September 16. Companies including Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Sprint and Vonage has been invited to partake in the auction.
“We are extremely…
Patent Violation Alleged
Source: www.voip-news.com
Judah Klausner, an inventer, is on the war path. He’s filed a lawsuit against Google, Verizon and more for an allleged voicemail patent violation.
Klausner, who recently settled with iPhon…
A Little on 8×8’s New Patent
Source: www.voip-news.com
I promised to talk about this today, so here it is.
8×8, Inc. has received a new patent. I won’t bore you with the exact number. The patent is for something called distributed local telephony…
Published on July 3rd, 2008
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UPDATE on NICE/Verint Patent Infringement Case
Source: www.voip-news.com
The Federal District Court for Northern Georgia in Atlanta has ruled that while NICE’s VoIP patent 6871229 is valid, Verint Americas, Inc., didn’t infringe on it with certain WItness products…
8×8’s Newest Patent
Source: www.voip-news.com
8×8, Inc. was awarded a new patent earlier this month. U.S. Patent No. 7,339,604, “Videoconferencing Arrangement Having Multi-Purpose Digital Still Camera,” was issued on March 4. 8×8 now…
Published on March 13th, 2008
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Apple Ups The Ante with iChat Patent Applications
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It looks like Apple is taking some protectionist steps around next generation enhancements to iChat.
The folks a MacNet News have dug into some recent patent application filings by the crew…
Patent Wars and Vonage
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
Credit Ike Elliott, who used to be a ranking executive at Level3, for coming up with this one about Vonage and their on-going patent woes.
Ike makes some good points about why Vonage, now owning…
gridtech: Novell owns Unix and Unixware Copyrights Judge say so.
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gridtech: Novell owns Unix and Unixware Copyrights Judge say so…
Microsoft and patents
Source: saunderslog.com
In Microsoft claims software like Linux violates its patents, Fortune’s Roger Parloff writes about Microsoft’s assertions that free software violates its patents. It’s a wide ranging piec…
Intel patents the softphone
Source: saunderslog.com
The giants of the technology industry have some pretty fascinating bits of intellectual property lurking in their patent portfolios. For most, patents are a defensive strategy, rather than…
Do you need a patent strategy?
Source: saunderslog.com
Suzi Dingwall Williams encourages startups to build a patent portfolio. The patent system, she writes, was overhauled in the 1980’s allowing multiple, overlapping "monopolies" to…
Published on April 18th, 2007
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No workaround for Vonage?
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
VoIP IP Telephony @ http://snapvoip.blogspot.comAccording to a discussion at /. and USA TODAY article (Find the links below), it seems that Vonage is in between a rock and a hard place. Vonag…
Packet8, 8×8, Inc. Awarded New Patent Related to video Communication Systems
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VoIP IP Telephony @ http://snapvoip.blogspot.comThe Patent is for video communication involving monitoring and security applications over communication networks.The new patent, U.S. Patent No…
Verizon, Vonage Patent suite, chimes trouble for VoIP
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VoIP IP Telephony @ http://snapvoip.blogspot.comIn U.S. District Court in Virginia, Verizon will face off against Vonage in a patent infringement case by Verizon that could lead to ripple effects…
What’s a patent worth?
Source: saunderslog.com
Well, in the EU, it’s worth about 3 million euros. Axel Horn’s posting from November 16th is a summary of the high points of an EU Commission study on patents. The median…
Published on January 6th, 2007
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Vonage and Patents
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Jon Arnold teased me yesterday, saying that he had a story he wanted to break on his blog later about patents and Vonage. Over lunch, Howard and I were speculating what it might be. I…
Packet 8 Patents
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PR Newswire is carrying the 8Г—8 (EGHT) release about their new patent this morning, which Andy Abramson commented on yesterday. The headline reads “8Г—8 Awarded Patent for Hosted…
Published on June 15th, 2006
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