Comments on: Vonage’s “Workaround” http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-50556 Don Marti Fri, 11 May 2007 03:59:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/#comment-50556 <p>This kind of thing can make sense, not so much about if they're actually infringing or not, but if they can get an opionion of counsel saying that the "workaround" makes them now non-infringing, the're less likely to be found to be wilfully infringing, which means no triple damages.</p> This kind of thing can make sense, not so much about if they’re actually infringing or not, but if they can get an opionion of counsel saying that the “workaround” makes them now non-infringing, the’re less likely to be found to be wilfully infringing, which means no triple damages.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-38239 Don Marti Fri, 11 May 2007 02:59:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/#comment-38239 <p>This kind of thing can make sense, not so much about if they're actually infringing or not, but if they can get an opionion of counsel saying that the "workaround" makes them now non-infringing, the're less likely to be found to be wilfully infringing, which means no triple damages.</p> This kind of thing can make sense, not so much about if they’re actually infringing or not, but if they can get an opionion of counsel saying that the “workaround” makes them now non-infringing, the’re less likely to be found to be wilfully infringing, which means no triple damages.

]]> By: Jim S http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-50555 Jim S Fri, 11 May 2007 01:35:58 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/#comment-50555 <p>My grandfather was a chemist with Dow many years ago and had a number of patents for real no kidding inventions. It was really cool when I was 15 or so and he showed me his patent disclosures and told me about his inventions.<br><br>I can't imagine the same scene playing out in fifteen years from now with this current deluge of BS patents. "Son, come over here, I want to show you this patent I was awarded for the use of the Internet to do stuff that people were already doing but forgot to patent."</p> My grandfather was a chemist with Dow many years ago and had a number of patents for real no kidding inventions. It was really cool when I was 15 or so and he showed me his patent disclosures and told me about his inventions.

I can’t imagine the same scene playing out in fifteen years from now with this current deluge of BS patents. “Son, come over here, I want to show you this patent I was awarded for the use of the Internet to do stuff that people were already doing but forgot to patent.”

]]> By: Jim S http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-38238 Jim S Fri, 11 May 2007 00:35:58 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/#comment-38238 <p>My grandfather was a chemist with Dow many years ago and had a number of patents for real no kidding inventions. It was really cool when I was 15 or so and he showed me his patent disclosures and told me about his inventions.</p> <p>I can't imagine the same scene playing out in fifteen years from now with this current deluge of BS patents. "Son, come over here, I want to show you this patent I was awarded for the use of the Internet to do stuff that people were already doing but forgot to patent."</p> My grandfather was a chemist with Dow many years ago and had a number of patents for real no kidding inventions. It was really cool when I was 15 or so and he showed me his patent disclosures and told me about his inventions.

I can’t imagine the same scene playing out in fifteen years from now with this current deluge of BS patents. “Son, come over here, I want to show you this patent I was awarded for the use of the Internet to do stuff that people were already doing but forgot to patent.”

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