Re: Ruling May Be End for Vonage; Judge Enjoins Use Of Key Technology

["Thomas" <tauzinger@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 24, 9:20 am, "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Speaking of litigation and technology:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR200...
> 986.html
>
> "A federal judge yesterday dealt a potentially fatal blow to Vonage
> Holdings, theInternet-phoneservice that offers one of the few alternatives
> to traditional carriers, by ordering it to stop using a technology that
> connects its network to the public telephone system.
>
> U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton approved the request by Verizon
> Communications for a permanent injunction two weeks after a jury in
> Alexandria found that three of its patents had been infringed by Vonage,
> including one for the technology allowing the Internet company's 2.2 million
> customers to call regular phones."
>
> What's that slogan from their ads?  One smart move . . .
>
> --
> Bobby G.

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Thanks,

Thomas
http://www.betterphone.org