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<h2 id="patent-infringement-lawsuits">Patent-infringement lawsuits</h2> <p>Klausner Technologies Inc is a corporation based in <a href="/facts/Sagaponack,_New_York/X1qbPGsN">Sagaponack, New York</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> that invented visual voice mail technology in 1994. The company filed US patent #5,572,576 in March 1994 titled "Telephone answering device linking displayed data with recorded audio message",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office/97KdJB6h">United States Patent and Trademark Office</a> awarded the <a href="/facts/Patent/LjT2bG3A">patent</a> on November, 5th 1996 to inventors Judah Klausner and Robert Hotto.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>From 2005 to 2012, Klausner Technologies Inc, whose CEO is <a href="/facts/Judah_Klausner/tQUkIpqy">Judah Klausner</a>, one of the inventors listed on the '576 patent, brought dozens of lawsuits against <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a>, <a href="/facts/Callware/4pxnS0gg">Callware</a>, <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>, <a href="/facts/Oracle_Corporation/0z14FygH">Oracle</a>, <a href="/facts/MetroPCS/6wpL2U2J">MetroPCS</a>, <a href="/facts/Digium/pUV4xUeL">Digium</a>, <a href="/facts/Schmooze_Com_Inc/RRmTJY0A">Schmooze Com Inc</a> and others for patent infringement.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> In 2008, Apple purchased a license to Klausner's visual voicemail technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In August 2011, a patent was granted to Apple for "Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In Apple's granted patent, Apple cited two Klausner Technology patents (US Pat #5,283,818 and US Pat #5,333,266) as being <a href="/facts/Prior_art/AEPs7QFA">prior art</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>OMTP Visual Voicemail Recommendation <a href="http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/omtpvvmspecification12.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/omtpvvmspecification12.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Klausner Technologies, Inc. <a href="http://www.klausnertechnologies.com/" target="_blank">http://www.klausnertechnologies.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>NYS Division of Corporations <a href="https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_token=2EFD647FEB0E922CBC8AA77DCFC4C9583430D9553DB67A1BD843E4E02B096F54927C06EDCBEA48EACFB453B065A77757&p_nameid=353DC858A319C5EB&p_corpid=3FE4FF73A62107F1&p_captcha=18451&p_captcha_check=2EFD647FEB0E922CBC8AA77DCFC4C9583430D9553DB67A1BD843E4E02B096F54F97565A8B9A01CD23DD43DBB188AE631&p_entity_name=%4B%6C%61%75%73%6E%65%72%20%54%65%63%68%6E%6F%6C%6F%67%69%65%73&p_name_type=%41&p_search_type=%42%45%47%49%4E%53&p_srch_results_page=0" target="_blank">https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_token=2EFD647FEB0E922CBC8AA77DCFC4C9583430D9553DB67A1BD843E4E02B096F54927C06EDCBEA48EACFB453B065A77757&p_nameid=353DC858A319C5EB&p_corpid=3FE4FF73A62107F1&p_captcha=18451&p_captcha_check=2EFD647FEB0E922CBC8AA77DCFC4C9583430D9553DB67A1BD843E4E02B096F54F97565A8B9A01CD23DD43DBB188AE631&p_entity_name=%4B%6C%61%75%73%6E%65%72%20%54%65%63%68%6E%6F%6C%6F%67%69%65%73&p_name_type=%41&p_search_type=%42%45%47%49%4E%53&p_srch_results_page=0</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>U.S. patent 5,572,576, filed Mar 15, 1994. <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US5572576" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US5572576</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>USPTO Database - Patent 5,572,576 <a href="http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5572576.PN.&OS=PN/5572576&RS=PN/5572576" target="_blank">http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5572576.PN.&OS=PN/5572576&RS=PN/5572576</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>RPX Litigation Database - Klausner Technologies <a href="https://insight.rpxcorp.com/advanced_search/search_litigations#grouped=true&searchq=%22Klausner+Technologies+Incorporated%22" target="_blank">https://insight.rpxcorp.com/advanced_search/search_litigations#grouped=true&searchq=%22Klausner+Technologies+Incorporated%22</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Reuters - Apple, others license Klausner voicemail patents <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110852/https://uk.reuters.com/article/klausner-idUKN1626330020080616" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110852/https://uk.reuters.com/article/klausner-idUKN1626330020080616</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>U.S. patent 7,996,792. <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US7996792" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US7996792</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>U.S. patent 7,996,792. <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US7996792" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US7996792</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>