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TiVo Infringes On Pause Patent

Posted by Hemos on from the dumb-dumb-patents dept.

Blackwulf writes: "It seems that there's a company named Pause Technologies which patented in 1992 the ability to pause live TV, play a portion of it, and then skip ahead to live TV. They are now suing TiVo for infringing on their patent. Motorola has already paid licensing fees for their upcoming PVR, and Pause Technologies is speaking with other PVR makers offering licenses to them as well. Yahoo has the story here." Pausing. Obviously, a new idea, and one worthy of patenting. I think I'm going to patent the play button.

3 of 392 comments (clear)

  1. I wish... by jayhop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that I could pause the time so I can have planty of time to finish the first post.

    Pause... Now!

  2. Re:Rotten woman by adamy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Read Carl Sagen's "Demon Haunted World" and it will probably help you come to a rational explanation of what you saw.

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  3. Keep the stupid remarks in the comments by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Pausing. Obviously, a new idea, and one worthy of patenting. I think I'm going to patent the play button

    How about leaving the stupid remarks out of the story?