Doodlen » patentlaw http://doodlen.com Where Technology, Business and Society Intersect Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:43:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Patents and Consumer Choicehttp://doodlen.com/2007/03/16/patents-and-consumer-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patents-and-consumer-choice http://doodlen.com/2007/03/16/patents-and-consumer-choice/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:27:23 +0000 jus http://doodlen.com/2007/03/16/patents-and-consumer-choice/ Continue reading →]]> Verizon recently won a patent lawsuit against Vonage. The common wisdom in the industry is that it will have a chilling effect on the VOIP market.

Again, companies should be rewarded for their patents – but patent law has not advanced with technology. Patent law is not being used to protect patent holders – it is being used to lock out competition. All of us as consumers suffer waiting for significant patent law reform.

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