And if there is no mention of it, as prior art in the patent, it's null and void. _____ From: Andrew Cassidy [mailto:andrew@cassidywebservices.co.uk] To: FreeSWITCH Users Help [mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org] Sent: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:04:45 -0700 Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] BT claims licensing on SIP The IEEE publication of the SIP Protocol pre-dates ALL of the patents presented on BT's page. On 30 April 2013 16:33, Michael Collins <msc@freeswitch.org> wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Michael Jerris <mike@jerris.com> wrote: I picked some random ones and read through them and a bunch of them don't seem to have a lot to do with sip at all. Seems like quite a scattershot to me. My thoughts exactly. Sounds like typical "look at all our patents" bravado. I hope the GOOG takes 'em down a notch. -MC -- Michael S Collins Twitter: @mercutioviz http://www.FreeSWITCH.org http://www.ClueCon.com http://www.OSTAG.org _________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org -- Andrew Cassidy BSc (Hons) MBCS SSCA Managing Director T 03300 100 960 F 03300 100 961 E andrew@cassidywebservices.co.uk W www.cassidywebservices.co.uk