$360M Patent Suit Over iPhone Voicemail

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 4, 2007 @07:54AM from the reading-from-a-list dept.

Stony Stevenson writes "Klausner Technologies said on Monday the company had filed a $360 million suit against Apple and AT&T over voicemail patents that Klausner claims the Apple iPhone infringes. New York-based Klausner said the lawsuit also names Comcast, Cablevision, and eBay's Skype as infringing its patent for 'visual voicemail.' The plaintiff seeks an additional $300 million from the three." Klausner has won on two previous occasions with this patent. The new suit was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, of course.

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this again by ILuvRamen · 2007-12-04 07:57 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yeah they're a bunch of loser patent trolls but I hate Apple so I'm gonna go the other way with it. Why the hell don't they open the stupid patent database and see all the voicemail related patents. You'd think they'd find it and say "hey, maybe we shouldn't this." Whenever anyone ever comes up with a fantastic, patentable idea, they should check if someone else patented it first. That's just common sense!

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