After following the Vonage patent war with Verizon and those now infamous three patents being upheld by the judge, it led me to dig even more for the real facts and the underlying mess.

After some digging, ended up at a great little wiki that has the nuggets:

Vonage Patent Wikia
The goal of this wiki is to determine the original non-obvious (aka patentable) innovation Verizon is defending.

It has links to the official US Patents as well.

Just some light reading for you to make your own decisions if Verizon really has a right or not. I love how “vague” the US patent office has allowed patents to be submitted and approved. These are prime examples of the wide openness that allows entities like Verizon to take such a wide berth.

You decide.. To me, it seems a shame that 2 of the 3 patents were even allowed to be patented, but that is just me! You decide.

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Well the judge has issued an order keeping Vonage from signing up any new customers. “Good-bye mall Vonage kiosk workers.. no job today.”

You can read the skinny at Russell Shaws write up:
Breaking news: Vonage barred from signing up new customers

So no bullet to the head yet. No new people, personally that is a good thing. They should not be signing up new folks just to get dumped in Vonage goes belly up because it can’t afford to pay Verizon and make any money. Heck they have been in the hole how long now for how much?

Tick, tick, tick… do you hear something?

So last month was bad enough news about Vonage. April does not bring happy Easter eggs for them.

Check out Forbes article: Will Vonage Pay Up Or Shut Down?

Vonage business model has been bad since the IPO days.

Heck when Vonage spent ~$400.00 per new customer in 2006 on advertising, with a $30 bucks a month reward (picked the middle), I think my 4yr old daughter would know that math just don’t add up! Mighty big hole in the money bucket.

Tomorrow might shed some light on what the judge decides to do in terms of the short term.

Vonage is currently saying “most of their customers” have not shown a concern or called about switching to another company. So they feel the 2 million customers are not worried. Oh sure!

Other write ups regarding the matter:
Bloomberg.com - Vonage Seeks to Win More Time, Freeze Order Blocking Its Calls
With patent stay-ruling expected today, Vonage’s future could hang in the balance

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Vonage - Fire Sale?
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