Vonage Close to VoIP Death

Vonage commercials are beginning to pop up on my television again. This doesn’t mean that the patent troubles that the VoIP giant has been facing are finally gone.

It was back a few months ago that Verizon sued Vonage under the premises that the VoIP company was using its patented technology. Vonage countered that the patents would be the equivalent of slapping tinsel and lights on a cedar tree and patenting the Christmas tree.

A judge sided with Verizon, and the problems for Vonage began. Now the case is again in the appeals court. The panel of three judges is asking that the companies find a way to compromise for the benefit of the general public.

It will be interesting to see if companies whose main goal is profit can find a way to put the public ahead of their corporate interests. It will be equally as interesting to see if this one lawsuit will snowball through out the internet.