DISH still trying to navigate a way around TiVo's DVR patent
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
steedums @ Jun 18th 2009 11:26AM
when does this patent expire?
Sterney @ Jun 18th 2009 11:39AM
25 years
andy @ Jun 18th 2009 4:00PM
Uh, no. 20 years from the date of filing. I think I calculated this one to be June of 2015 back when I read this case.
echen @ Jun 18th 2009 12:10PM
Another bogus patent stifling innovation.
Big Wizz @ Jun 18th 2009 1:24PM
Errrrm...no. What gives Dish the right to blatantly rip off TiVo's idea without at least paying royalities?
Let's say you invent the cure for cancer tomorrow and you patent it. Two weeks later, Pfizer starts mass-manufacturing a pill based off your cure patent. You really think you aren't going to sue.
Pip @ Jun 18th 2009 2:08PM
Bogus patent? Hardly. It was TiVo who first brought this to market, claimed it, and now controls it. This is exactly what patents are for, and companies trying to get around it by not paying credit where it is due, will end up having to license them whether they want to or not.
TiVo is not the bad guy here.
UnnDunn @ Jun 18th 2009 2:54PM
I don't get it; what exactly is in this patent and how come Dish Network is the only company TiVo is going after, when Digeo, Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola, Pace, etc. all have DVR solutions?
Is TiVo simply going after the low-hanging fruit in order to set a precedent which to club the bigger guys?
andy @ Jun 18th 2009 3:59PM
They all took a license from TiVo way back. Echostar (Dish) is the only company that was itching to fight.
freediverdude @ Jun 18th 2009 3:20PM
DISH, are you freaking kidding us?? How many years has this dragged on, and Tivo has won every step of the way. SETTLE. NOW. MOVE ON!
BarkingGhost @ Jun 20th 2009 7:16AM
They're idiots. They know they infringed on someone else's wares, lost several times over in court, and like so many businesses willing to conduct businesses illegally, try every trick in their book to continue their ways.
But at least they have clueless cowsumers to support their legal division. :)