9 result(s) displayed for patents (1 - 9 of 9):

Will Patents Go Away?

You have no doubt heard me complain endlessly about the patent system and how patents are granted to companies that did not invent technologies. It is a major problem and the government is taking steps to address these obvious shortcomings...

Posted on February 25, 2008 11:46 AM

Jon Arnold on Vonage

Jon Arnold has done a great job of analyzing how Vonage is doing and according to the Arnold, the latest quarter had some ups and downs. Jon spells out why Vonage may not make it into 2009 and I for...

Posted on February 19, 2008 6:25 PM

Qualcomm Vs. Broadcom Take 2

The latest on the Qualcomm/Broadcom patent dispute and the need (or lack thereof) for presidential assistance. I generally find patent news fascinating but for some reason this particular case (or this news at least) is more like following a complex...

Posted on July 6, 2007 10:55 AM

InfoWorld on Patent Reform

Let’s hope patent reform gets a great amount of momentum in our government and it actually happens. Large companies are indeed hoarding patents and using them as weapons to crush smaller companies. Patent litigation seems to be increasing by the...

Posted on April 20, 2007 6:40 AM

Verizon, Vonage and Patents

Apparently the IP communications market never stops working as a number of people have sent me links to my quotes from various newspapers and websites this weekend. So far I have blogged about being quoted in the Chicago Tribune, San...

Posted on April 7, 2007 6:52 PM

Verizon Vs. Vonage

Greg has done a great job analyzing the current situation of the Verizon versus Vonage patent lawsuit. It seems Vonage isn’t as concerned as others in the industry about this ruling. As far as Packet8 is concerned, the company does...

Posted on March 12, 2007 11:45 AM

PC World Mention

I have always had a great deal of respect for the IDG publishing group. They do many things well and have been a consistent and steady player in technology magazine publishing. InfoWorld was always one of my favorite magazines as...

Posted on January 17, 2006 8:43 PM

Patents

You know when I signed up for this job, no one ever said there was going to be so much patent news to cover. Yesterday I wrote about Google vs. RTI and also Yahoo! vs. Forgent Networks. Now there is...

Posted on January 3, 2006 7:39 AM

RTI Patents

Thanks to TechDirt I decided to poke around in the actual RTI Patents that have caused the web outcry since RTI sued Google. Jerry Weinberger the man behind RTI patented least cost routing back in the late 1970s and this...

Posted on December 30, 2005 6:42 PM