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TiVo Wins Appeal On Patents For Pause, Ffwd, Rwd

Posted by kdawson on from the satellites-descending dept.

Lorien_the_first_one writes "After years of wrangling, TiVo has won its day in court against Dish Network, formerly known as the EchoStar, when the Supreme Court declined to take up Dish Network's appeal, forcing the satellite television company to pay $104 million in damages. According to the article, 'TiVo originally won a patent infringement case in 2004 against Dish, which was then named EchoStar Communications. It charged that Dish illegally copied its technology, which allows people to pause, rewind, and record live television on digital video recorders.' Despite an injunction, Dish continued distributing its set-top boxes in the belief that the work-around they had implemented avoided infringing TiVo's patents. Now the case goes back to the lower court for review to determine if they did indeed steer clear of those patents."

3 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. Fucking patent trolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh yeah, second person to post blows goats.

    1. Re:Fucking patent trolls by pnewhook · · Score: -1, Troll

      No, it's not ok. It's a patent designed to limit market competition and creativity. Besides that its completely obvious. It should be thrown out.

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      Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
  2. don't buy them by speedtux · · Score: 0, Troll

    TiVo is evil; just don't buy them.