TiVO Patent Upheld, Dish May Have to Disable DVR

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a ruling by a lower court that Dish Network DVRs infringe upon TiVO's patent on a 'multimedia time warping system'. According to some analysts, this could not only make Dish liable for damages, it could force them to shut down their DVR service, harming their customers. The patent in question has already been reexamined once and the ruling on appeal (PDF) was unanimous."

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Innovative theft

[Anonymous Coward]

perhaps Tivo actually has been innovative?

Yes, Tivo's clever trick to sidestep the GPL was an innovation in dishonesty. Why do you think that kind of innovation should be rewarded?