In brief, I just finished reading the text on how Verizon managed to overpower innate jurors with legal patent gibberish. Out of eight alleged Vonage patents infringements (and several fraud counts), Verizon prevailed on five. This is somewhat surprising! Given Verizon's past history of packing the courtroom with lethal advocacy science, it's so wonder the jurors are still not scratching their bald heads. It's not like jurors to fully comprehend and digest all their scientific medicine injected by one shot, but it's surprising they found Verizon more believable than Vonage.
To that end, quoting CNET News.com, Verizon representatives commenting on 19 June 2006 "...would not comment whether or not the company is looking into filing lawsuits against other VoIP providers." This is a 'deep link' underscored out of "...filed a lawsuit against Vonage in June 2006..." from the 08 March 2007 article. My concern: If Verizon sought patent infringement damages against Vonage, would Cisco be next? Remember Cisco in their battle with Apple, well, they use the VoIP, too. This is the service they're using with their new Phone. I cannot help but wonder if a lawsuit is imminent! And if a lawsuit is imminent, would Apple step in if Cisco loses a patent infringement to Verizon on the VoIP. If this happens then the iPhone trademark would be Apple's forever. Maybe the Apple is sweeter on the Verizon.
If there's insider information, please feel free to share it with me! An Apple a day helps keep the jury away.
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BRIAN C. MARQUIS
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Perhaps Cisco will be a more formidable opponent for Verizon? It will be interesting to see what happens if these two power-houses lock horns.
You're right!
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