Apple Petitions Board, Alleges Invalidity Of Telephony Patent

(June 17, 2016, 9:01 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An invention that describes utilization of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone to call other VoIP subscribers on a private packet-based network or standard public switched telephone network (PSTN) customers on the public telephone network is invalid, Apple Inc. alleges in a June 15 petition for inter partes review by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) (Apple Inc. v. VOIP-Pal.com Inc., No. IPR2016-01198, PTAB.)....