Vonage Can Sign People Up
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 25, 2007 at 1:16:15 PM
A judge has ordered a permanent stay in the patent case with Verizon. This means Vonage can once again sign new members up. I still think this highlights a huge problem with our patent system.
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Vonage sought the stay following an April 6 decision by the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. enjoining the company from using certain VoIP technology to add new customers. The court ruled that the VoIP technology Vonage was using infringed on three patents awarded to Verizon. The permanent stay enables Vonage to add new customers as the company pursues an appeal to that ruling. Existing customers remain unaffected by the company's ongoing patent litigation, Vonage said.