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TiVO Patent Upheld, Dish May Have to Disable DVR

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the warped-decisions dept.

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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  1. Not so fast by Itsallmyfault · · Score: 5, Informative

    As I understand it, Dish Networks has pushed upgrades to their units, resolving any infringment issues. Deactivating DVRs isn't on the table.

  2. TiVO's just mad cause their patent is defunct.... by GuyverDH · · Score: 5, Informative

    Tivo's patent is for analog to digital conversion / time warping.

    Dish's patent is for digital to digital (different digital formats) conversion / time warping.

    Guess which broadcast standard is going away.... =)

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