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A quick and easy guide to the Verizon patents in the Vonage case

Earlier this week I posted a detailed synopsis of the three Verizon patents at the heart of the infringement dispute with Vonage. You can find those posts here, here, and here.Network Worlds Denise Pappalardo now offers a cogent summary of just what exactly the disputed Verizon patents at the heart...

Tags: General, Vonage, Verizon VoiceWing

Blog posts 2007-04-12

For Vonage, April 24 could be "terrible Tuesday"

Thats two weeks from today if you are counting or even if you are not.April 24 will be when a U.S. federal appeals court will hear oral arguments on Vonages request for a stay while it appeals a finding it infringed Verizons patents. Last Friday, a lower court...

Tags: Verizon VoiceWing, Vonage, Regulatory, General

Blog posts 2007-04-10

With patent stay-ruling expected today, Vonage's future could hang in the balance

In just a few hours from now, Vonage will hear if a Federal judge will grant a stay in his ruling that Vonage is liable for violating three of Verizons VoIP-related patents.U.S. District Court Judge Claude M. Hilton will either issue the injunction or provide Vonage with a stay....

Tags: Vonage, Verizon VoiceWing, Regulatory, General

Blog posts 2007-04-06

Jury to Vonage: pay Verizon $58 million. What do you think?

A Federal jury today ordered Vonage to pay Verizon $58 million for patent infringement. The jury found that Vonage had infringed on three of the five patents Verizon accused its rival of doing.The payment, which will be appealed, is exactly one-thirds that of the $197 million Verizon had requested. The...

Tags: Verizon VoiceWing, News, Vonage, General

Blog posts 2007-03-08

I've just received an email saying Verizon Web Calling will drop 911 service April 1

Even though I am not a Verizon subscriber, the following just appeared in my email Inbox a few minutes ago. Traceable to some address called webcalling-support@verizon.comIMPORTANT ACCOUNT INFORMATION REGARDING DIALING EMERGENCY SERVICES Effective on or about April 1, Verizon Web Calling will no longer...

Tags: General, Verizon VoiceWing

Blog posts 2007-03-02

Verizon iPhone could have been a reality

USATodays Leslie Cauley reports that as long as two years ago, Apple and Steve Jobs held initial discussions with Verizon about the carrier becoming exclusive distributor for the then-envisioned iPhone.If so, we would have seen Verizons logo all over the ad at the top, not Cingulars.Didnt happen.Verizon reportedly balked, because...

Tags: General, Verizon VoiceWing, Cingular, Apple, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizons

Blog posts 2007-01-29

3 important lessons the new Verizon VoiceWing price plan teaches us

3 important lessons the new Verizon VoiceWing price plan teaches usMessage has been deleted.

Tags: Verizon Voicewing, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-15

3 important lessons the new Verizon VoiceWing price plan teaches us

3 important lessons the new Verizon VoiceWing price plan teaches usDumbest idea ever!Hmm, pay for minutes instead of pay for all you can "eat". Hmm, let me think about this . . . NO!Hmmm 4 cents a minuteI can get long distance for 2.9 cents a minute, with no broadband...

Tags: Taxes, E-mail, Telephony, Free trade, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Voicewing, connection quality

Discussion threads 2005-04-07

Additional Resources

iPhone tethering rumored

When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seatgood for him - stop patent pirates! and "patent" deformdoes this not seem like an appropriate action for an inventor to take? if i copy your article without your permission, do I get a pass? probably not because you...

Tags: Litigation, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., patent, inventor

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemail

Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemailNot sure his patents pass the litmus test.Wouldnt star trek and most other sci-fi shows pre-date some of his patents.Just because you come up with an idea doesnt mean you have a patent... you have to establish a process and provide code that does...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, E-mail, Klausner, voicemail, patent, Inventor Sues Google, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Inventor sues Google, Verizon, others on voicemail

Inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, Verizon Communications, and others. Verizon has already sued Klausner over the validity of his patents. SAN FRANCISCO--Emboldened by settlements with Apple and AT&T, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google,...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Patent, Settlement, Verizon Communications Inc., Voicemail, Litigation, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Reuters, patents, legal, voice mail, Judah Klausner, Klausner, Google, Verizon

News items 2008-08-27

News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit? Psystar countersues Apple, alleges anticompetitive business practices...

Tags: FAA, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Attack, Psystar, Linux, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

BlueAnt M1 Stereo Bluetooth Speaker

Most Bluetooth speakers we see here at CNET are of the speakerphone variety, which you can pair up with a phone to make and receive calls. Since the rise of stereo Bluetooth, however, there are a few companies that make stereo Bluetooth speakers without the ability to handle phone calls....

Tags: Engineering, speaker, Bluetooth, BlueAnt

Product reviews 2008-08-26

How the world watched the Olympics online

How the world watched the Olympics onlineI got sick of itI live in Germany, and the experience sucked big time. For those of you who don't know, in Germany you pay a TV and radio tax of about 26 dollar per month to subsidize public channels. The rule is: if...

Tags: Taxes, Web site development, Free trade, Web technology, Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, CBC

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Dems: Broadband policy crucial but so-far nonexistent

John McCain can't get online without his wife's help, but the storyline is that doesn't matter because as former chair of the Commerce Committee, McCain is intimately familiar with tech policy issues. At panels at the Demo Convention today, Democrats assailed that argument, saying that, ""On McCain's...

Tags: Broadband, John McCain, Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Inventor Judah Klausner has settled with the best of them: AT&T, Apple, Comcast and eBay. Now, he's taking Google, Verizon, Cox and LG to court for infringing on his patents for visual voicemail technology. A Reuters story highlights some of his past legal battles, including a June...

Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., Inventor Judah Klausner, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

One Router to Connect Them All

One Router to Connect Them AllWives and out of townI have the same problem. I usually get infuriating phone calls where I have to talk her through the whole device reboot process each time, and she forgets how to do it.God awful from where I liveRead my "Harsh reality of...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Broadband Internet, router, cable, Vonage Holdings Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services

Qwest plans to roll out integrated home services where it ties its services in with those from its partners such as MSN and DirecTV in a move enabled by a thin layer of software, according to Qwest CTO Pieter Poll. Poll right talked about Qwest's broadband strategy...

Tags: Bandwidth, Qwest Communications Inc., Service, West, Cable, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Broadband Internet, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Verizon, Google getting chummy on mobile search?

Verizon Communications and Google are reportedly close to a partnership that could bring the search giant's services to its wireless unit and perhaps TV and broadband services too. According to the Wall Street Journal, Verizon and Google are talking about a partnership. This partnership would bring Google's...

Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., Mobile Search, Journal, Web Portal Deal, Business Structures, Search, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-22