Colleague Anne Broache reports that a federal appeals court weighing the patent case that Verizon filed against Vonage heard arguments earlier today but did not immediately reach a decision.Anne thinks that one hint about what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may be thinking...
Tomorrow, Vonage will ask an appeals court to extend a freeze of a lower court order that bars it from signing up new customers during the length of an appeals process of a ruling against Vonage in its patent infringement suit against Verizon.Last Tuesday, Vonage put out a statement...
This ones quite a story. I am not a patent attorney, but I would think that this info would be useful to all the players involved in the VoIP patent infringement cases between Vonage and Verizon, and Vonage and Sprint. Dan Connor, who runs the Vonage Forum, has just found...
Fellow blogger Andy Abramson writes that Ken Rutkowski, with whom he co-hosts the World Technology RoundUp has just forwarded him an email from an engineer who is listed as one of the three inventors of a 3Com patent that covers much if not most of the same ground one...
My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...
Opening salvo in Net neutrality battleMa Bell is rearing her head."The network builders are spending a fortune constructing and maintaining the networks [Why do they do this? I would presume it is to make money. Well, just how do they get that money? From us. The...
Congressional hearings into net neutrality open today. Yesterday, at a conference celebrating 10 years of the Telecommunications Act, Verizon came out swinging against Google, pretty neatly drawing the lines between the telecoms and cables on the one hand and giant Internet companies on the other, the Washingto Post reports....
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released draft legislation yesterday that would require "net neutrality." The legislation would require broadband providers to allow their subscribers to view any legal online content, the Washington Post reports. That move is meant to qualm fears that cable companies and telcos will start...
Seven key E911 issues the FCC ruling glosses overWall Street Article-911 & Cell PhonesTests Show Many Cellphone Calls To 911 Go UnlocatedBy ANNE MARIE SQUEO Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNALMay 19, 2005; Page B1In a windowless room in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., 911 operators answer emergency calls for all...
One of three operating units of Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Business delivers advanced IP, data, voice, and wireless solutions to large business and government. The challenge was to improve and streamline sales forecasting and reporting; enhance ability to interpret data to drive more informed decisions; and enhance regulatory visibility. The...
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