If you can't compete on price.... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19628670 en Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:17:17 EDT Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:17:17 EDT Re: If you can't compete on price.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19630021 anon : so by your statement, you believe Verizon should be able to charge companies for using SIP? And Sprint should be able to sell licenses for the EXACT SAME patents? Have fun paying $150 a month for phone service]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19630021 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:12:03 EDT Re: If you can't compete on price.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19630711 rrz103 : I don't believe that is true. The patenting of an "end result" is essentially patenting an idea--you cannot patent an idea (e.g., flying, time travel, etc.). However you can patent a process or method which are probably the bulk of the claims made against Vonage. The "one click shopping" is an example of a process which appears to be the patenting of an "end result" only because it is so short (very few claims). As a side note, the Patent Office rejected Amazon's "one click" patent in October of this year based on existing "prior art" (i.e., not an original idea).
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RichardZ @ »richardz.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19630711 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:48:23 EDT Re: If you can't compete on price.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19630371 james : They keep getting sued because other companies keep getting patents for an end instead of a means. Instead of patenting a specific method of doing something, they patent the end result. It would be like the wright brothers inventing the airplane and then patenting the ability to fly. A blatant example of this is "one click shopping"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19630371 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:33:06 EDT Re: If you can't compete on price.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19628870 anon : Why can't vonage compete without using patented technology? The're getting sued because they keep stealing other companies technologies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19628870 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:13:32 EDT If you can't compete on price.... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19628670 Maggs : Sue the company out of existence, gone are the days of real competition. No more quality service here, just screw the customer.
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I want this for Christmas... UPC 07464651832]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19628670 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:30:20 EDT