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Vonage Bid For Re-Trial Denied |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
Pioneering US Consumer VoIP service provider, Vonage, was unsuccessful in
getting the US Court of Appeals to order a re-trial of its patent infringement
case against leading American telco, Verizon.
But the company's run of luck continued with the appeals court permitting it to
argue the grounds it cited for the retrial as part of its case in the appeals
process
Vonage lawyers had
Although Vonage has since won the right of appeal against the decision which
called for it to pay Verizon US$58 million in damages cease using the
technology, the implications for the broader Voice over IP community are
significant. If Vonage loses its case Verizon will almost certainly turn its
attention to other service providers operating in the United States.
The patents are possibly so broad that it will be impossible engineer a
workaround as they cover the concept of translating numbers between PSTN and IP
networks as much as it is about how this is technically achieved.
"Although we're disappointed that the appeals court denied our request
for a retrial, this ruling has no impact on our appeal, which continues
to move forward," said Brooke Schulz, a spokeswoman for the company told ZDNet.
"We believe our appeal is strong, and are pleased the court has given
us the option to use the expanded obviousness test for patent validity
in our arguments before them."
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