Courts have ruled in favor of Verizon that holds three patents they say is being infringed upon by Vonage's VOIP telephone services. The ruling is allowing Vonage to continue service for it's current customers but prevents the company from signing up any additional customers.
The article from CNN Money believes that this will not kill VOIP service, but with the biggest player neutralized and the need to re-engineer VOIP to not infringe on Verizon's intellectual property, i do not see any good outcome for VOIP in the short term..
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The article from CNN Money believes that this will not kill VOIP service, but with the biggest player neutralized and the need to re-engineer VOIP to not infringe on Verizon's intellectual property, i do not see any good outcome for VOIP in the short term..
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