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[Home Theater Blog | Home Theater News & Reviews] Tivo appears to be going for EchoStars* jugular after winning their civil case, where a federal jury determined that “EchoStar willfully infringed TiVo's "time-warp" patent”.
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[TiVo Lovers] TiVo Statement on Developments in Lawsuit... : TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR), today offered the following comment on the recent developments in the lawsuit against EchoStar Communications Corporation:
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[E-Commerce Times: Because E-Business Means Business] TiVo Aims to Block EchoStar DVR Offering: EchoStar, a satellite TV company based in Englewood, Colo., Wednesday said it was "pleased" with the patent office's reexamination and that the latest decision and a favorable decision from the Court of Appeals earlier this month "are steps in the right direction as we prepare our response to TiVo's recently filed injunction motion."
[TechLiving: It's All About the Products - Home Electronics, Portable Devices and More] TiVo vs. Echostar: Fight!: While many manufacturers and service providers now offer similar features, it seems that the real problem was that EchoStar was allowing customers to watch one show, while recording another. A jury sided with the digital video recorder manufacturer, awarding them $74 million -- which could even go up by the time the litigation is over.
[Fergie's Tech Blog] TiVo Seeks to Block EchoStar DVR Service: The actions come after a federal jury in April determined that EchoStar willfully infringed TiVo's "time-warp" patent, which controls the way a DVR simultaneously records one program while playing back another. Jurors awarded Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo about $74 million, but because the infringement was seen as willful, the final award could jump to triple that amount.
[ Zatz Not Funny. . .] TiVo Seeks Echostar DVR Injunction: That reexamination ruling, together with the favorable decision from the Court of Appeals earlier this month (finding that the Texas court abused its discretion in connection with key trial evidence withheld from the jury), are steps in the right direction as we prepare our response to Tivo’s recently filed injunction motion. Similarly, the favorable U.S. Supreme Court decision last week in the Ebay patent injunction case will be considered as part of the long process ahead.”
[Ant & Sons: Word on Wall Street] TiVo Seen as Takeover Target After EchoStar... : In response, TiVo, a provider of television services for digital video recorders (DVR), said that the company is "particularly gratified that the jury found that EchoStar willfully infringed on our patent and the consequences their actions had on our overall business." TiVo is now seeking a permanent injunction against EchoStar's DVR products. In reaction to the verdict and the $73 million jury award, TiVo shares reached a 12-month high of $8.26 on Thursday trading, and were up an additional twenty percent in after hours trading.
[Zatznotfunny.com] Zatz Not Funny. . .»Blog Archive » TiVo Sends Echostar Packing: TiVo is particularly gratified that the jury found that EchoStar willfully infringed on our patent and the consequences their actions had on our overall business. This decision recognizes that our intellectual property is valuable and will ensure that moving forward EchoStar and any others that want to use our patented technology will be required to provide us with compensation.
[Blogs.wsj.com] Law Blog » Tivo-EchoStar: RIM-NTP Redux?: The jury found that satellite-programming provider EchoStar willfully infringed TiVos patent, which means US District Court Judge David Folsom could as .
[News.techrepublic.com.com] | Latest Stories Tagged with "TiVo Inc." | Latest Technology News ...: Controlio writes "According to a posting by user BrettStah on the TiVo Community Forums, Cox Cable is currently circulating a .- May 08 2006 - Slashdot.org (Blog)
[Dailydoseofip.blogspot.com] Daily Dose of IP - Patent Blog: TiVo had sought $87 million in damages in its complaint filed in January, 2004, a figure calculated representing the amount TiVo would have allegedly earned had EchoStar not sold approximately 4 million DVRs utilizing the technology claimed by TiVo to be infringing its patent. EchoStar is commonly known by its Dish Network brand and satellite television and internet services.
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