A judge has effectively barred Internet phone carrier Vonage from signing up new customers as punishment for infringing on patents held by Verizon, though the company will be allowed to continue servicing existing customers. Vonage is planning to appeal.

This is not what I want to hear right now as a new Vonage customer. I guess I jumped on the bandwagon just in time. I still am planning on writing a third update on my progress with Vonage. I wanted to let a little time pass to make sure I give them a thorough review. I have been pretty satisfied so far. I just want to do a better job of prioritizing my traffic. So far though, I have had no issues with dropped calls or echoing.

I hope this case turns out to be legitimate. I hope that Verizon is not just suing without cause. Will Verizon become the SCO of Telecommunications? I hope not. I am so tired of these patent law suits. The US patent office needs to do a better job of scrutinizing patents. You should have to show more proof of concept. There should be requirements for prototypes and examples of the technology that is being patented. I am tired of these companies that do nothing more than patent squatting. I don’t think this is what Verizon did, but this is still a dirty case in my opinion.

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