Comments on: Vonage ordered to stop using Verizon VoIP patents

But judge postpones enforcing decision for two weeks, when Vonage will get a chance to make a case for putting injunction on hold during appeal.

[cekortech]

Which Patents

Anyone know of a list of the Tech Specs on these
patents?

[Schratboy]

Verizon VoIP?

If there are indeed questions of infringement, Vonage should be talking to the Skype (eBay) guys post haste!

[m.meister]

Patents in your arsenal

Patents, originally designed to keep the big guys from just
stealing your ideas are now just used as weapons to stifle
competition.

The fact that they are not just demanding ongoing royalties, but
demanding an injunction tells you that this is about trying to kill
competition.

The real losers in all this are the consumers.

[chuck_whealton]

Re: Patents in your arsenal

Unfortunately, you're 100% correct.

The system in use today is completely broken. It's being used, just as you said, as a weapon.

That hurts consumers.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com

[FusedAndCondazed]

Get Out Of The Dark Ages

This is how the big telcos are suppressing development. Let's get real here. Your options for a wired high speed connection is between the cable companies and the phone companies. They want to make sure they have no competition, so they are blocking 3rd party communication services.

For example, here in NC in areas served by BellSouth, they no longer lease their lines for DSL. You either go thru them, or through Time Warner who also does not lease out lines, they only pay commission to who brings you as a customer.

Add that to the GSM carriers now blocking VOIP of any kind, what does this all sound like to you? They do not want you, the customer, to have options. Its either them, or nobody.

That's the real monopoly, and this whole patent crap is just another weapon they use to stay in control.

[Blito]

Vonage to pay 5% roaylties to Verizon.

Courts have recently ruled that VOIP can piggyback on existing Internet Telcos and lines. No kidding. I can use any service I want with websites so why not with Vonage?

So Vonage will pay the royalties I guess 5%. No biggy. The reason for this is simple. It's industry and when a carrier like Vonage interrupts the big boys I think they should pay a royalty if they own patents, but they can also use just WiMAX coming out and avoid allot more of these fees as WiMax is more open source standard.

[the1kingarthur]

RE: "Get Out Of The Dark Ages" You are correct, and beat me to the line

Your posting is correct, and my compliments to you.A sad bit of history is how the telephone companies have always monoplized our daily lives, and now the cable companies it seems have become just as bad.