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A federal appeals court late Wednesday rejected Vonage’s motion for a new trial in its bitter patent infringement feud with Verizon. The ruling keeps on track the appeals schedule set last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Vonage contended that a Monday Supreme Court ruling that an invention doesn’t qualify […]

There was music in the air this week in Washington. On the policy table, too. Almost 200 independent labels, musicians and policy mavens gathered at the Future of Music (FOM) Coalition’s annual policy day conference to discuss the links between public policy and the dominant companies that control the production, transmission and marketing of music. […]

Verizon today said Vonage is attempting to unfairly disrupt an appeals schedule set just last week with its Tuesday motion to vacate a lower court decision finding that Vonage infringed on Verizon’s patents. Citing Monday’s Supreme Court decision in its KSR v. Teleflex decision, Vonage asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit […]

The annual U.S. House clash between competing anti-spyware bills moved into its third congressional session today with the House Judiciary Committee approving the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2007. The bill would impose prison terms of up to five years for placing unauthorized code on a computer that would reveal personal information about a […]

UPDATED: Vonage late on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to vacate a lower court decision that the Internet telephone company infringed on patents held by Verizon. If the court agrees, the case would go back to the lower court for a new trial based on a new “obviousness” standard […]

Verizon Wireless, AT&T and CTIA lashed out Monday at VoIP provider Skype’s proposal to require wireless carries to open their networks to any type of device or Web application (i.e. Skype). The companies, along with the cell industry’s trade organization, responded to a February petition Skype filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking the […]

Copies of Microsoft’s Windows operating system shipped abroad are not subject to U.S. patent-infringement laws, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. The decision reverses a lower court decision that extended damages to overseas sales of Windows in the aftermath of a successful AT&T infringement lawsuit against Microsoft. AT&T and Microsoft reached an undisclosed settlement for […]

Webcasters found possible legislative help Thursday in their fight against a dramatic increase in music royalty rates, but they still have no solution for Internet radio’s most pressing problem: the bills are due on May 14. Earlier this month, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) upheld a March 1 decision to nearly triple the royalty […]

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank introduced legislation today to legalize and license online gambling in the United States. The proposal would reverse a law approved by Congress last year that effectively bans online gambling for Americans. The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007 would establish a federal regulatory and law enforcement scheme to license […]

With the clock ticking for the sale by January of spectrum for wireless broadband services, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late Wednesday approved a preliminary broad outline for the final rules and regulations of the auction. The FCC is also seeking further public input on a number of proposals for the use of the spectrum, […]

With supplemental funding for the war in Iraq behind it, at least temporarily, the U.S. Senate today dealt with what Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) characterized as the “other great issue” facing the country: America’s ability to compete in a global economy. Drawing wide support from Democrats and Republicans, the Senate approved legislation dramatically increasing federal […]

WASHINGTON — Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron declared today it was business as usual for the Voice over IP  provider after a federal appeals court permanently stayed an injunction barring Vonage from signing up new customers. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit represents a significant legal victory for the Holmdel, […]