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SecureLogix Brings New Patent to VoIP Security

SecureLogix, a leader in VoIP (and unified communications) security, was awarded their first patent in 1998 when they introduced the first firewall for voice networks. As VoIP has grown and been embraced by corporations and consumers alike, SecureLogix has continued to innovate and develop new techniques that address evolving communications technologies as well as the threats and attacks designed to exploit those technologies.

This latest patent is their 14th. According to a MarketWatch article, the aspects of the latest patent include sensing and analyzing calls to determine call attributes, and performing security and/or management actions based upon the determined call attributes, including actions in response to attempts to encrypt a call or authenticate remote access, and monitoring of call content for keywords.

ITC Overturns Microsoft Victory Over Alcatel-Lucent

Microsoft is heavily invested in unified communications and they have developed a fair amount of proprietary tools and technologies- many of which they hold patents for. They filed a lawsuit against Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on 4 of their unified communications patents, and originally Alcatel-Lucent was found guilty of violating one of the four patents. This week the ITC overturned that ruling and found in favor of Alcatel-Lucent. This is following the April decision by the ITC in a related countersuit that found Microsoft guilty of violating two Alcatel-Lucent patents in which Microsoft was ordered to pay almost $370 million in damages. The war is not over though between these two. Maybe Microsoft should just buy Alcatel-Lucent and then there won’t be any further allegations of patent infringement?