I wish the US attorney general would go after a large company for abusing the patent system. Antitrust and racketeering are 2 things that come to mind.
shadowym wrote: > The difference is that Cisco could drag this out in the courts > indefinitely as they probably have more cash than Verizon. > > I could see those Verizon patents made invalid if they went after > someone with enough money to fight it. > > The bottom line is that Verizon wants to hurt and/or kill ITSP's > before they have enough cash to make it a fair fight IMHO. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:39 AM > *To:* Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-biz] Verizon Vs Asterisk ? > > This is basically enum. There's nothing to say Asterisk can't > provide this functionality in their software, just like Cisco can. > The problem is in if you use it. We don't, and Vonage clearly feels > they can get around it, so I don't think it's a huge issue. > Originally, people were saying the patent was against "the way VoIP > was connecting to the PSTN" which would have been a huge issue, but > that really ISN'T the patent that the claim is against. > > I agree, the patents are way too broad... especially the one about > billing... to me I don't see how Vonage WOULDN'T infringe upon that > one....but the judge says they didn't. > > On 3/25/07, *Alex Brecher* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I read through each of the patents Verizon alleges Vonage is > infringing. > The patents are extremely broad and two seem to possibly apply to > parts of > Asterisk. If Verizon is successful in its case against Vonage, > could Digium > be next in its sights ? > > See: > > Enhanced internet domain name server Patent # 6,104,711 > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 > > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1> > > &u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6104711.PN.&OS=PN/6104711 > &RS=PN/6104711 > > Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a > conditional basis and/or to a telephone number Patent # 6,282,574 > > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1 > > <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1> > &u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1= > 6282574.PN.&OS=PN/6282574 > &RS=PN/6282574 > > > I'm sure I'm not the only one looking to hear from Digium, Inc. > about this > issue ? > > > > Best Regards, > > Alex Brecher > > http://PremierPBX.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com > <http://Easynews.com> -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > >asterisk-biz mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz