A federal judge dealt a blow to Vonage Holdings Corp. that sent its
> stock reeling on Friday, when he agreed to bar the company from
> using Internet phone call technology patented by Verizon
> Communications Inc. ... A jury on March 8 found Vonage had
> infringed three patents owned by Verizon. ...
When Vonage hit the scene, a number of participants here were quite enthused about it. I am curious as to what they think of the current situation.
Also, could anyone explain -- in layman's terms -- what the three patents covered?
At the risk of offending some people, I am not sympathetic to Vonage. I felt they entered the market by low-balling the pricing and failing to provide 911 support. They had to make that up after the fact. Cutting corners is an easy way to break in to a market, but not necessarily a good one. Now they've been found guilty of stealing inventions. Well, gee, you steal someone else's R&D, it's easy to underprice them. They do all the work, you get all the benefits.