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Verizon v Vonage Patent Suit

• Vonage has appealed the case to the US Appeals Court, Federal Circuit.
• The Court has issued an injunction against Vonage marketing new customers. The appellate court has issued a partial stay this order and Vonage has moved for a permanent stay.
• Verizon has won in the lower court that Vonage has violated certain VoIP patents
• The Patent Thicket That May Destroy VoIP, Techdirt 3/27/2007
• Vonage, Verizon Begin Patent Showdown, Internet News 2/23/2007

News

• Vonage Fights To Avoid Bankruptcy - Renegotiating $253 million in debt with creditors, dslreports 3/7/2008
• Vonage invests nearly $1.4m on lobbying, America's Network 3/5/2008
• Vonage Hates To See Customers Go - In fact, sometimes they make it next to impossible, dslreports 2/25/2008
• Vonage CEO: 'Things Are Going Very Well' - 3% churn, cable dominance, bottomed out stock & patent fights? No Problem., dslreports 1/29/2008
• Vonage Gets Off Cheap in Nortel Settlement, Ecommerce Times 1/3/2008
• Quick! Who Else Has A VoIP Patent That Vonage Can Settle Over?, Techdirt 1/3/2008
• And Another One: Nortel Latest To Sue Vonage Over VoIP Patents, Techdirt 12/18/2007
• Vonage in legal tussle with Nortel, CNET 12/18/2007
• Vonage tentatively settles AT&T patent lawsuit, reports loss, CW 11/9/2007
• Vonage Customer Service Problems - Now is not a good time to stir up trouble, DSLreports 11/5/2007
• Vonage Death Vigil: Verizon Patent Suit Settled, IP Democracy 10/26/2007
• Vonage Settles Verizon Patent Dispute; Next Up: AT&T, Tech Dirt 10/26/2007
• AT&T Sues Vonage - And the saga continues, DSLreports 10/23/2007
• Vonage settles patent suit with Sprint with cash, America's Network 10/10/2007
• Court orders Vonage to pay Sprint in patent case, America's Network 9/27/2007
• Vonage Death Vigil: Two Blows in Two Days, IP Democracy 9/27/2007
• Vonage subscriber drive stalls in U.S., Globe and Mail 8/14/2007
• Vonage Death Watch: Q2 07 Net Adds Plummet, IP Democracy 8/14/2007
• Cancelling Vonage Is a Headache - Call volume and on-hold annoyances..., DSLreports 7/5/2007
• Verizon Claims Vonage's Appeal Isn't So Obvious, Internet News 5/25/2007
• WSJ censoring Vonage's Ads?, Gigaom 5/1/2007
• Vonage Hopes Court Stays With Internet Phone Provider, Internet News 4/24/2007
• Vonage continues legal fight to sign up new customers, CNET 4/24/2007
• Sprint May Buy Vonage - Companies in talks, deal 'on the table', Broadband Reports 4/18/2007
• Vonage's Chief Executive Steps Down, NYT 4/18/2007
• Vonage Says That It May Face Bankruptcy, NYT 4/18/2007
• Vonage Death Vigil: Sprint Deal Unlikely, IP Democracy 4/18/2007
• Vonage CEO out, CNET 4/12/2007
• Vonage drops off radar of rural ILECs, Telephony 4/12/2007
• Vonage's lucky break?, CNET 4/5/2007
• Vonage Strikes Workaround - For two of the three infringing Verizon patents, Broadband Reports 4/3/2007
• Vonage: Dead Company Walking?, Internet News 3/27/2007
• Vonage: $58M Patent Fine Won't Disrupt Service, Ecommerce Times 3/14/2007
• Vonage's Growing Legal Swirl, Internet News 7/10/2006
• Verizon sues Vonage in Internet patent flap, IHT 6/21/2006
• Trouble on the Line for Vonage?, BWO 6/2/2006
• Vonage Stock Trips in First Day of Trading, Ecommerce Times 5/25/2006
• Vonage: The Growing Sound of Static, Ecommerce Times 9/19/2005
• Vonage Reaches a Million Subscribers, Ziff Davis 9/7/2005
• Vonage Says Sees No Pressure From Cable Telephony, eweek 5/10/2005
• Vonage Raises $200 Million in Venture Capital, Ecommerce Times 5/10/2005
• Vonage to Offer Home Networking Gear, Internetnews 7/26/2005
• Vonage® Becomes First Broadband Telephony Provider To Activate Over 500,000 Lines, Vonage 3/25/2005
• Vonage Adds Video to VOIP Service, eweek 12/10/2004
• Free Net phone upstart sues Vonage, Fry's, CNET 9/30/2004
• ISP, Vonage Team On Wireless VoIP, CNET 8/2/2005
• Vonage Canada system up again, Globe and Mail 8/5/2005
• Sources: Vonage Is Eyeing the Exits, Light Reading 8/30/2005
• Vonage Vies for Subscribers in Trade-In Program, Ecommerce Times 6/14/2005
• Vonage Appears on Verge of Wireless VoIP, Ecommerce Times 5/17/2005
• What's in a name? Plenty, says Vonage, CNET 2/11/2005
• Vonage to offer Internet users wireless phones, CW 1/7/2005
• Vonage Gives Wi-Fi a Voice, Internet news 1/4/2005
• Vonage hangs up on some callers, CNET 8/12/2004
• Vonage doubles its money, CNET 9/7/2004
• Vonage connects with Linksys, Netgear on VoIP, CNET 8/25/2004
• Vonage cuts Net phoning prices, CNET 5/18/2004
• Vonage VoIP hits RadioShack stores, CNET 5/14/2004
• Vonage Reaches 155,000 Users, USA Today 5/18/2004
• Vonage hits AT&T with VoIP suit, CNET 4/2/2004
• Vonage Hits 100,000 Subscriber Mark, CRN 2/5/2004
• Vonage raises $35 million, CNET 11/25/2003
• VoIP provider Vonage to charge new fee, CNET 9/24/03
• Vonage inks deal with cable company, CNET 6/12/03