Vonage requests rehearing of Verizon patent ruling

Vonage, who has been hit up with a bevy of legal trouble in recent months, is officially seeking a review of the September 26th Verizon patent decision. Reportedly, the internet telephony outfit "filed a motion for a review by the original three-judge panel or the full panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit." According to Vonage Chief Legal Officer Sharon O'Leary, the move "represents the next logical step for Vonage in managing this litigation and continuing to move its business forward," and she also stated that the firm would "continue to explore all legal options available to put the Verizon litigation to rest."

[Gian Constantine @ Oct 11th 2007 10:58AM]

Vonage is ~singing~ SCREWED ~singing~.

I give them a year...tops.

Gian

[Eric @ Oct 11th 2007 1:31PM]

Great, if they go under, there goes a great alternative to the crappy phone company and/or cable's "digital" telephone. Now if they really infringed on Verizon's and Sprint's patents, yes they should be punished, but it seems that Verizon is just trying to put them out of business for fear of competition. I've had Verizon as my phone service and DSL. Their pricing sucks and their customer service sucks even more. In other words, F Verizon. I rather have no home phone and stick to my cell phone than to EVER go back to being a customer of theirs.