The perils of Vonage

Maybe things are more dire for Vonage than we'd thought. Having lost a patent suit to Verizon two weeks ago, a federal judge now says Vonage has two weeks from this past Friday to stop using those patents. This isn't entirely unexpected or unusual; RIM faced a couple of near-death deadlines after it lost a patent trial to NTP. But there's nothing like negotiating with an gun to your head, and there's been no public indication that Verizon is interested in anything other than shutting Vonage down. Vonage still insists that it can provide service without using the patents. It has until next Friday to prove it. There are a million or so customers holding their breaths.

For more about the Vonage injunction:
- read this article from CNNMoney

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