It looks like Vonage will now win the appeal - it has come out that the patents Verizon took out were based on information originally published by independent parties on the "VOIP forum". Now Verizon may get sued for copyright infringement and using that information for their patents.
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It looks like Vonage will now win the appeal - it has come out that the patents Verizon took out were based on information originally published by independent parties on the "VOIP forum". Now Verizon may get sued for copyright infringement and using that information for their patents.
Story: http://www.itworld.com/Net/3303/070418verizonpatent/