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Christianity Today


from: Christianity Today Intl


: :Magazine covering a wide range of news and editorials from a Christian perspective.

Guideposts - Large Print Edition


from: Guideposts/Mail Receiving


: :Christian ministry that embraces people of all faiths. With support from contributors, they offer free literature and prayer support to anyone in need.

Guideposts


from: Guideposts/Mail Receiving


: :Features first person, true-life narratives designed to show people from all walks of life how to overcome difficulties through faith and positive attitudes.

Today's Christian Woman


from: Christianity Today International


: :Today's Christian Woman brings biblical perspective and practical advice to the challenges women encounter in all areas of their lives. From cover to cover, Today's Christian Woman is brimming with inviting features and compelling stories. Lively articles on family, career, children, health and friendships fill every issue.

Catholic Answer


from: Our Sunday Visitor Inc


: :Learn more about the teachings of the Catholic Faith, in the lively, colorful & easy to read format of the Catholic Answer. The magazine brings orthodox pastoral responses to questions and is packed with inspirational and helpful features to satisfy your curiousity

Leadership


from: Christianity Today Intl


: :A practical journal for church leaders.

America - National Catholic Weekly


from: America Press Inc


: :Journal of opinion edited by the Jesuits which interprets and evaluates political, economic and social issues from a Catholic perspective.

Christian Century


from: Christian Century Foundation


: :An ecumenical journal of opinion and news with a broad approach to topics of religion, culture and world affairs.

Christian Research Journal


from: Christian Research Inst


: :The CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL probes today s religious movements, promotes doctrinal discernment and critical thinking, and provides reasons for Christian faith and ethics. It strives to be both scholarly and readable and offer biblical, rational and factually sound analyses and critiques.

Men of Integrity


from: Christianity Today International


: :Men of Integrity is a daily devotional guide which helps men read and study the Bible just a short each day, encouraging growth through time in the Word and prayer. Each issue features daily Bible verses with a short inspirational message and personal life application which promotes discipline and spiritual maturity.



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We've covered in too much detail how it's some sort of "open season" on Vonage when it comes to VoIP patents. After dealing with ridiculous and expensive patent lawsuits from companies who failed to actually innovate in the same way Vonage did, the company was pressured by Wall Street to quickly settle the various patent lawsuits filed against the company. Of course, rather than settle matters, that simply opened the door for other companies to go searching through their patent portfolios to see if there was anything they could sue Vonage over. Indeed, following those settlements it didn't take long for AT&T to dig up a patent and sue -- which was quickly settled as well. Thought things were over? No such luck. Nortel just showed up last month to sue and it took all of about a week and a half for Vonage to settle that case as well.

The Nortel case is slightly different because Vonage actually already had a patent infringement lawsuit going against Nortel, but it wasn't really initiated by Vonage. Instead, it had been initiated by a patent holding firm that Vonage bought in 2006. The end result of the settlement doesn't involve money changing hands, but just a cross licensing agreement for the patents. So what's the big lesson that Vonage and others have learned from this? It's certainly got nothing to do with innovating. It's to hoard as many patents as possible so that you have your own nuclear stockpile for when someone else sues you. Want to know why the USPTO is overwhelmed? It's not because there aren't enough examiners (as some will claim) or that there aren't enough funds. It's because the way the system now works is that you are supposed to file patents on every tiny little advancement so you can use it to protect yourself against lawsuits from everyone else. That's not about innovation. It's about waste. In the meantime, since it's still open season at Vonage, who's going to be next? There are a ton of other patents in the VoIP space that can surely be used in a lawsuit, right?

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