E* vs TIVO is back on

[Voyager6]

In regards to Scott's post on the Home Page, a Texas Court has lifted the stay in a patent infringement lawsuit against TIVO. Old thread on the subject. http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/75198-judge-stops-countersuit-against-tivo.html

UPDATE: Court Halts Stay On Dish/Echostar Suit Against TiVo - WSJ.com

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A U.S. District Court lifted its stay of an patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Dish Network Corp. (DISH) and EchoStar Corp. (SATS) against TiVo Inc. (TIVO) in the latest chapter of the companies' years-long legal battle.


TiVo said the lawsuit, originally brought by EchoStar on four patents in 2005, has been whittled down to one patent, on which EchoStar has changed its position on the meaning of claim terms. The company said it remains confident it doesn't infringe any of the remaining claims at issue.
Dish, meanwhile, said it was happy with the result.
"We are pleased that the court granted our motion to lift the stay in our patent infringement action against Tivo. We look forward to the trial," the company said in a statement.
EchoStar acquired the patents in question from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) after TiVo successfully sued EchoStar over its Time Warp digital video recorder technology patent.

EchoStar Technologies Wins Reopening of Tivo Case on Patent-Infringement - Bloomberg

Dish Network Corp., the satellite- television provider formerly known as EchoStar Communications Corp., won a ruling that reopens a 2005 patent-infringement lawsuit filed against TiVo Inc.
The ruling was made yesterday by a judge in Texas, according to a court filing. The suit occurred before EchoStar changed its name to Dish and spun off its EchoStar Corp. equipment unit in 2008. Dish will handle the case, said Marc Lumpkin, a spokesman for the Englewood, Colorado-based company.
The suit has been on hold for four years while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reexamined, at TiVo’s request, whether three EchoStar inventions related to digital-video recorders should have received patents.
“To continue the stay would only further delay this case without the likelihood of further simplification of the issues,” U.S. Magistrate Caroline Craven in said in her order.
Dish agreed to narrow its suit to one patent that completed the review -- related to how multimedia is formatted and stored -- if the case was reopened, the magistrate said.
“TiVo does not infringe any of the remaining claims,” the Alviso, California-based company said in a statement today.

 

[navychop]

 

[gdarwin]

Navy you provide the popcorn, I'll cover the bar tab.....

 

[navychop]

Now THAT'S a deal!

 

[whatchel1]

With MS also suing TIVO just can't get a break.

 

[Bobby]

Navy you provide the popcorn, I'll cover the bar tab.....

Does that mean I have to pour????

 

[gdarwin]

Does that mean I have to pour????

Might as well... You cover the Pub also....

 

[Bobby]

Yep, that's what a Publican does...

 

[sandhu002]

What is E*?

 

[Dah-Henny]

E* = dish network

 

[Juan]

So what does this patent cover? Spontaneous rebooting? Automatic program deletion? Ads on the Harddrive?

 

[Ronnie-]

Navy you provide the popcorn, I'll cover the bar tab.....

What do you have on tap?

 

[Voyager6]

So what does this patent cover? Spontaneous rebooting? Automatic program deletion? Ads on the Harddrive?

It was outlined in the second article I quoted.

Dish agreed to narrow its suit to one patent that completed the review -- related to how multimedia is formatted and stored -- if the case was reopened, the magistrate said.