Me3
@cox.net | reply to Maggs
Re: If you can't compete on price....
Why can't vonage compete without using patented technology? The're getting sued because they keep stealing other companies technologies. |
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Wow_
@verizon.net | 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 |
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james1
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
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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" |
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rrz103
RichardZ
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Canton, MI
| 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 |
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