Voip Pal Com Inc (VPLM)

[pickered]

> gain, not saying the other companies had to have the code..... I said "the code, process & hardware" & what I mean by that is not necessarily all of it, but some part & parcel of it.

1. There is no hardware in this case.
2. There is no shared software in this case.
3. There is likely multiple implementations of VOIP-related software (Apple, ATT, etc), which infringes with VPLM software/patents in different ways depending on the patent and claims. None of this software is the same code as VPLM software, but likely attempts to implement sufficiently similar processes.
4. There is no requirement that a process itself be difficult to be patented. Obviously, simplicity is a reason someone else might patent it before you and obviousness might be a reason it's not patentable at all.
5. The description of the process needs to be well documented, etc - as that documentation is partly what the patent is based on. But the process being described has no such difficulty requirements.

Peace.