Vonage is the Latest Victim of Patent Abuse — AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online

Vonage is the Latest Victim of Patent Abuse — AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online: "It's not clear how any of this promotes 'the progress of science' as required by the Constitution. Because of the high cost and uncertainty of the patent system, most software companies don't even try to find patents they might be infringing. Instead, they sign cross-licensing deals with as many companies as possible, and they pray that the remaining companies won't sue them before they've had time to develop a patent war-chest of their own. This is great for patent lawyers, but it's not clear how anyone else benefits."