This week Vonage asked a federal court to have Sprint release vital information relevant to the alleged patent infringements. This information will be key to Vonage’s defence, but Sprint hasn’t seemed to want to let it out.
Vonage has rightfully claimed that Sprint has failed to enter a full privilege log and is therefore withholding extremely relevant information from the case. It is hard to know what the problems are and what Sprint wants if they won’t give detailed information on what patents were allegedly infringed upon and how. It makes one wonder how much ground Sprint will be standing on when the trial starts. Are they withholding information because they have not yet decided exactly how it is that Vonage has infringed upon their technology? Next month will tell.
The question still lingers, if all these companies are still offering the same kind of service, is it any wonder that there is technology overlap. Why aren’t all the other VoIP companies suing all the other VoIP companies?
The court will be more likely to lean in Vonage’s direction if Sprint fails to comply with all the regular protocol.
Despite all the variables and question marks still seen in the trial a little down the road, many new customers continue to sign up for Vonage everyday as the company continues to grow in number of total subcriber lines.
