Tag archive: Judah Klausner

Klausner Technologies might just be the little patent holding company that could: the company has announced it has launched a dozen new lawsuits against major technology companies for infringing on its visual voicemail patents. And while the list of new litigation targets includes some firms consumers may never have heard of, it does include some very big names, including Toshiba, NEC, Samsung, Alcatel-Lucent, and Seimens. At issue in the… Read More

Inventor Judah Klausner—generally considered the “father of the PDA” for his work creating electronic organizers in the 1970s—has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit targeting Google, Verizon, LG, Citrix, Cox Communications, Embarq Corporation, and others for infringing on patents Klausner believes covers visual voicemail. And Klausner has some courtroom history to back him up: he went after Sprint and Apple with… Read More

Back in December, Klausner Technology filed a patent infringement suit against Apple, Skype, Cablevision, and Comcast over a patent related to voice messaging and visual voicemail services—like the one offered in Apple's famous iPhone. Now, Klausner Technology says Apple, and AT&T have reached settlements with the company over its 5,572,576 and 5,283,818 parents, and has also reached a settlement with eBay. Terms of the… Read More

Klausner Technologies, Inc.—a patent holding company founded by the “inventor of the PDA” Judah Klausner—today filed lawsuits against Apple, AT&T, Comcast, Cablevision, and eBay's Skype service for infringing on patents related to voice messaging and visual voicemail services. Klausner's suits against AT&T and Apple seeks $360 million in damages and future royalties; the suit against Comcast,… Read More

Sometimes kicking your feet and trying to swim only makes the water muddier. VoIP operator Vonage announced today that it has purchased three patents from Digital Packet Licensing, Inc. (DPL) regarding the compression of packetized digital signals used in VoIP implementations. The patents are at the heart of litigation DPL was pursuing against Verizon, Sprint, and Nortel (now AT&T). Buy acquiring the patents, Vonage also takes control… Read More