Category Archives: patent

Cure for Vonage’s Woes?

April 23, 2007 – 9:22 am

Interpid reporter Andy Abramson digs this one up… Perhaps there’s some movement in the Vonage patent matter, as 3Com apparently filed a patent in 1996 (patent number 6,529,501), which references the same approach, but might be considered prior art. I’m not a patent lawyer (don’t even play one on TV), but if it’s true [...]

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Vonage is stuck?

April 16, 2007 – 1:22 pm

A long time ago, I worked with a completely brilliant man named Bernard. I wish I had taken more careful notes while we worked together, because I find that I continually hear his voice in the back of my head giving advice. When I caught that Andy Abramson blogged about Vonage not having a [...]

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Verizon Patent Analysis

March 23, 2007 – 4:24 pm

Given the exploits of my ancestors, you might think that I would be a big fan of patents. In fact, I am, but I have to admit, some of the patents I see look pretty darn sketch.
Which brings me to this wonderful analysis of the patents that Verizon used against Vonage. The [...]

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