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TiVo patented particular methods, not the entire concept of DVRs. Ideas can't be patented, methods and processes can be patented.

There probably won't be much in the way of expenses early on. If there is no "final" action from the PTO invalidating the patent fairly early, the judge will probably not postpone the trial pending TiVo's patent invalidation appeals which could take ten years. Judge Spencer refused to delay...

Thanks. I guess he did say something similar.

You may be right. I don't know enough about it. The discovery process will reveal the truth.

TiVo has $250 million in cash, no debt, and a very low cash burn rate. Microsoft recently filed a patent infringement suit against Tom Tom. Were they just trying to stay afloat or were they making a smart business move? Is filing a lawsuit to protect intellectual property an act of...

I guess Dish paid TiVo $105 million in 2008 for no reason then.

Not that it makes much difference since all the DVRs these days are multi-tuner, but TiVo's patents apply equally to both single and multi-tuner DVRs. Their patents are tuner quantity neutral.

Huh? TiVo won the trial. There was an injunction placed against Dish. Dish appealed and lost. The routine injunction stay that was in effect for the duration of the appeal was vacated after the appeals court upheld and reinstated the injunction after Dish lost the appeal. Dish ignored the...

I'm not aware of any juror saying anything like that. Do you have a quote?

I don't think so. Do you have a quote?

Most of what TiVo is filing suit for has to do with the internal low level workings of DVRs as opposed to the interface. TiVos have a great interface but the only part of the interface involved in the lawsuit is patent number 7,493,015 which has to do with rewind and FF overshoot. The other two...

Form 8-K for TIVO INC 26-Aug-2009 Other Events ITEM 8.01. Other Events. On August 26, 2009, TiVo Inc. announced that it had filed separate complaints against AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of...