Klausner takes aim at RIM, Motorola over visual voicemail patents
By Donald Melanson 
posted November 23rd 2009 7:56PM
posted November 23rd 2009 7:56PM
It's been quite a few months since we've heard anything from Klausner Technologies, but it looks like the company has finally decided on its next set of targets that are allegedly infringing on its now infamous visual voicemail patents. As announced in a pair of expectedly terse press releases, Klausner says that both RIM and Motorola have now crossed into lawsuit territory with the Blackberry Bold 9700 and Motorola CLIQ, although it isn't specifying what sort of result it's looking for, or exactly how the two devices are infringing on its patents (at least some other RIM and Motorola devices are apparently covered under licenses granted to mobile operators). If the company's past track record with Apple, Verizon, LG, and Google is any indication, however, we wouldn't bet against a settlement.
I say remove the patent system so everything is up for grabs. Fuck it.
@(Unverified)
That would certainly be bittersweet.
Klausner Tech: another one of those patent holding companies who produce nothing. I don't think they've ever demonstrated an implementation of visual voicemail.
IMO, you should only be able to hold a patent if you can demonstrate you're able to produce your "invention".
check out http://www.klausnertechnologies.com/
Seriously, their whole company website is really sparse and only concerns licensing their visual voicemail patent... I wonder how many actual technical employees this stupid company has... probably all lawyers.
@(Unverified) Probably 3 fat guys sitting behind desks in their garage.
That site is sooo annoying.
That site is AWESOME!
I think I coded a better site than that in 5th grade.
This company is full of ballony, all they got is their contact info at their site...
"A$ announced in a pair of expectedly ter$e pre$$ relea$e$, Klau$ner $ay$ that both RIM and Motorola have now cro$$ed into law$uit territory with the Blackberry Bold 9700 and Motorola CLIQ, although it i$n't $pecifying what $ort of re$ult it'$ looking for..."
Yeah, I haven't got a clue what they're looking for.
I've posted before on this patent. I have an early 80's software/hardware implementation of this patent. It started as a full working device running on a PC. I have the product software and hardware specs locked on on Floppy, that I need to get restored. I'm missing Norton Backup software to access the early software and documentation and development notes. I had a fully graphical interface that allowed me to listen to voice mail, in any order and chose to delete anything I was not interested in. It was a project I worked on privately while employed by Tymnet. I rewrote the software to run on other enterprise phone systems like the [confidential] ACD. I also passed off versions to BT and MCI.
Since I have prior art, can I market versions without infringing on this patent? I am interested in possibly making a Android application.
I was going to pass on some info to a patent lawyer someone was going to point me to, but misplaced the contact info.
@TechTerry
If you are telling the truth, then you should not post here, but spend all yoru energy recovering your lost data, and do it!
How is this visiual voice mail different from what Google Voice does?