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Verizon Loses VoIP Patent case to Cox Communications

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2008-10-07 10:42:31 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...patent case (on all 6 patent counts) to Cox Communications. Unfortunately, a bit too late for Vonage which paid millions to settle their patent case with Verizon Really though the large telcos are the winners here and consumers are the losers. The US patent system continues to be a barrier to true innovation and consumers are being hurt --...
 
Tags: patent, voip patent, verizon patent claim, voip, patent counts, patent system continues, cox communications, verizon, vonage
 
 
 
 
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Blue Jeans Cable Calls BS on Monster Cable Patent Suit, Vows to Fight to Bloody Death [Monster Cable]

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2008-04-15 15:30:00 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...patent suits are annoying when it's a do-nothing patent holder trying to extract cash from fat corporate wallets, but even more so when it's a bigger company trying to muscle over little ones. Like Monster Cable suing Blue Jeans Cable for having connectors that looked like theirs. Blue Jeans' CEO, a former evil lawyer, has issued a ripping...
 
Tags: monster cable, monster cable proceeds, monster cable assemblies, monster, monster cable products, mere design patents, mere, design patents, monster cable connectors
 
 
 
 
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Call Screening Patent

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2008-04-30 11:43:41 by Editor in VoIP & Gadgets Blog
...patent for "call screening". Curious, I decided to check it out the filed patent and found it was filed by Nortel Networks in July 2004. Interestingly, the patent application agrees with me that hosted voicemail needs call screening and goes as far as to say service providers with hosted voicemail systems are at a competitive disadvantage...
 
Tags: call, voicemail, voip voicemail system, message, voicemail message, patent, voicemail system prompts, special call, 3-way conference call
 
 
 
 
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Open Patent Alliance Formed to Advance WiMAX 4G Technology

2008-06-10 11:18:14 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Patent Pool SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2008 To accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and Sprint today announced the formation of the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). The OPA will advance a competitive and open intellectual...
 
Tags: pool, wimax patent pool, wimax, wireless networks, wireless, broadband wireless, broader wimax industry, industry, wimax forum profiles
 
 
 
 
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Google Patent Could Kill Off Cellphone Contracts

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2008-09-25 13:03:04 by Priya Ganapati in Gadget Lab
...patent filing reveals, the search company wants to do the same thing for wireless services Google's patent filing describes "devices, systems and methods" that would automatically poll nearby wireless services to find the best price for a voice or a data connection for a "portable communications device." That connection might come via a...
 
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Firm awarded patent on smartphones - Apple, Nokia, RIM, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, AT&T, Sprint, everyone gets sued

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2008-01-26 16:24:57 by willpark in IntoMobile
...patent approving wisdom, has awarded a patent holding firm a patent on a mobile entertainment and communication device . Okay, the patent title sounds inconspicuous enough, but the patent covers a mobile phone with removable storage, camera, internet connection, and the ability to download video and audio files Raise your hand if that...
 
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Chinese patent office publishes Meizu M8 - iPhone clone gets design patent

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2008-02-06 01:26:48 by willpark in IntoMobile
...patents were issued to devices and ideas that were novel and contributed to innovation. Well, at least thats how it used to work in the US. However, with the recent USPTO patent describing a smartphone having been awarded to a patent-holding firm, its clear that were no longer in an age where patents require true innovation So, with the US...
 
Tags: patent, patent office, design-patent, recent uspto patent, apple iphone nano, apple, patent application, meizu, chinese patent office
 
 
 
 
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Apple trying to patent iPhone UI pinch

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2008-02-25 21:23:38 by willpark in IntoMobile
...patent from the USPTO (a process that can four years or more), the patent seeker has to demonstrate "a new and useful process, machine or a composition of matter." Does the iPhone's multi-touch pinching gesture qualify as a useful process Well, "It seems that Apple could win patent claims where they are directed toward a touchscreen user...
 
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New Apple iPhone patent covers everything, hints at GPS and video conferencing, credits Steve Jobs with inventing iPhone

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2008-06-03 21:03:59 by Will Park in IntoMobile
...patent filing, Apple has filed for patent rights on almost every aspect of the iPhone's UI and functions. The USPTO has just published the patent application and it looks like Apple's aiming for long-run success with the iPhone - with Steve Jobs taking credit for inventing the i