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SONICblue Granted Broad Patent on DVR Technology

Posted by chrisd on from the job-programs-for-out-of-work-lawyers dept.

hayb writes: "In another miscue from the U.S. Patent office, Sonicblue has received a patent for everything under the PVR sun. Now comes the question if they will go after others, or at least Tivo. To quote the first line of the patent: 'USPTO patent number 6,324,338 also covers methodology that creates, names, prioritizes and manages recorded programs on the hard drive for DVRs.'"

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  1. Make an overly broad patent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    and earn a Slashdotting - that'll teach 'em.