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#1 11-29-2007 4:42:55 PM

andyross
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Patent Office upholds key TiVo patent at issue in EchoStar lawsuit

TiVo's patent for a "multimedia time warping system" has been upheld by the US Patent Office. As a result, Dish Network is faced with an order forcing it to disable the functionality of its customers' DVRs.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 … wsuit.html

This also gives them more ammunition to go after everyone else. Get ready to pay even more for DVR service, or have it shut down.


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#2 11-29-2007 5:41:46 PM

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Re: Patent Office upholds key TiVo patent at issue in EchoStar lawsuit

andyross wrote:

TiVo's patent for a "multimedia time warping system" has been upheld by the US Patent Office. As a result, Dish Network is faced with an order forcing it to disable the functionality of its customers' DVRs.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 … wsuit.html

This also gives them more ammunition to go after everyone else. Get ready to pay even more for DVR service, or have it shut down.

Unless you have a TiVo.

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#3 11-29-2007 5:41:51 PM

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Re: Patent Office upholds key TiVo patent at issue in EchoStar lawsuit

Perhaps TiVo will insist that Comcast use only TiVo s/w on its DVRs (assuming they ever really roll it out roll ).

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