Tivo starts suing everyone in sight over DVR patents

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Tivo starts suing everyone in sight over DVR patents

Post by Patrick » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:47 am

After their successful lawsuit against Dish Network they're now going after AT&T and Verizon:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23337

We really need major software patent reform in this country.
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Re: Tivo starts suing everyone in sight over DVR patents

Post by Claudio » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:58 am

No kidding. It seems that once these companies can no longer make money on their solutions, they turn into patent trolls (aka SCO). You'd think they would realize that this only tarnishes their name, but their blind greed gets in the way I guess... :roll:
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Re: Tivo starts suing everyone in sight over DVR patents

Post by Patrick » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:34 am

And now Echostar has been ordered to pay an additional $200 million to Tivo for continuing infringements:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-103459 ... icksArea.0
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