Dish Statement on Tivo PTO Action

[Scott Greczkowski]

DISH Network and EchoStar Statement Regarding Tivo and PTO Action

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Aug. 26, 2009 – DISH Network L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), and EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), issued the following statement regarding recent developments in EchoStar Communications Corporation vs. Tivo:

“We are pleased the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) dismissed Tivo’s petition to vacate EchoStar’s re-examination of Tivo’s patent. In the decision, the Director of the Central Re-examination Unit of the PTO specifically found that ‘the references of record may be used to find that a substantial new question of patentability is present, [and] the decision of the [PTO] examiner has not been shown to be in error’ in granting EchoStar’s re-examination petition. The PTO’s decision clears the way for the re-examination to continue, which we believe will result in a Final Office Action invalidating the software claims of Tivo’s patent. These software claims are the very same claims that EchoStar was found to have infringed in the contempt ruling now pending on appeal.”

[KAB]

I can hear the color drain from the collective faces at Tivo.

[HDRoberts]

Time for another 40 page argument between the fanboys.

I'll LMAO if Tivo loses their patent. The millions Charlie has paid are a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of licensing.

[jmccurrytech]

I'm no legal person, but if you lose a case don't you have to pay some/all of the opposing parties legal fees?

[lakebum431]

Just more positioning. Who knows what this really means...

[Jhon69]

This is more interesting to me First the PTO upholds Tivo's Patent,now denies it? Something does not smell right about that.


TiVo Patent May Be Invalid - 2009-08-08 02:00:00 EDT | Multichannel News

[Curtis0620]

All this means is that they want TiVo to show them why the patent is valid. Did anyone really expect anything else?

[sgip2000]

This was posted by "orangeboy" over at Tivocommunity.


TiVo Files Complaints for Patent Infringement Against AT&T and Verizon

[riffjim4069]

Time for another 40 page argument between the fanboys.

I'll LMAO if Tivo loses their patent. The millions Charlie has paid are a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of licensing.

To be honest, I think everyone on both sides of the fence is tired of this case. In the short-term (lesss than 2-years), I think this PTO action means very little since the court is obligated to rule on the comtempt motion and award damages accordingly. In the long run...who knows, especially with Verizon and AT&T lawers getting involved.

[riffjim4069]

This was posted by "orangeboy" over at Tivocommunity.


TiVo Files Complaints for Patent Infringement Against AT&T and Verizon

So much for a Series 4 model ever coming out. Unfortunately for Tivo, Verizon and AT&T have better lawers than Dish Network...and there is no way you can compare the Telco DVRs to the EchoStar ViP Series.

Tivo just bit-off more than they can chew.