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from: Wild Publishing Limited


: :Size Does Matter! Make room on your coffee table for reFRESH Magazine Recently appearing in The Independent newspaper in a report on new research on Gay Britain that was conducted by Q Soft, Channel 4 and OMD Insight, reFRESH is the only newsstand gay lifestyle magazine in the UK that carries no adult content - something which we are very proud of. The magazine is published alternate monthly and produced in a large, coffee-table format. Our core content is based on culture & arts, fashion & style, homes & interiors ...

Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide


from: G & L Review Worldwide


: :An intelligent, focused, lively--and above all, interesting--journal for thinking lesbians and gay men. It is not obsessed with the latest fashions and travel spots, but instead takes on the big questions about our history, art, literature and our struggle for equality.

Committee on Lesbian and Gay History Newsletter


from: Clgh/College of William & Mary


: :Committee on Lesbian and Gay History Newsletter is a publication about gay and lesbian history.

Gay Scotland


from: Calosa Publ Ltd


: :Committee on Lesbian and Gay History Newsletter is a publication about gay and lesbian history.

Lesbian Gay Law Notes


from: Lesbian & Gay Law Fdn of Ny


: :Comprehensive monthly update of developments in lesbian and gay law.



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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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