TIVO wins E* Lawsuit - Potential Impact on ALL DVRs

[HDTVFanAtic]

http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/Quo...6-04-13_22-00-43_WEN4580&symbol=TIVO.O&rpc=44


TiVo wins EchoStar patent lawsuit
Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, April 13 (Reuters) - Digital recording technology maker TiVo Inc. on Thursday said it has won a patent lawsuit against satellite television operator EchoStar Communications Corp.

In the case, TiVo charged EchoStar with stealing technology that allows users to record one TV program while watching another via a digital video recorder.

 

[Juan]

it will be appealed and appealed..and appealed

 

[pdxsam]

http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/Quo...6-04-13_22-00-43_WEN4580&symbol=TIVO.O&rpc=44


TiVo wins EchoStar patent lawsuit
Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:00 PM ET
NEW YORK, April 13 (Reuters) - Digital recording technology maker TiVo Inc. on Thursday said it has won a patent lawsuit against satellite television operator EchoStar Communications Corp.

In the case, TiVo charged EchoStar with stealing technology that allows users to record one TV program while watching another via a digital video recorder.

WOW... Now it's in Echostars best interest to buy TIVO. Which could be a good thing if they can incorporate some of the great things from TIVO into the DVR software here.

Sam

 

[Jordan420]

WOW... Now it's in Echostars best interest to buy TIVO. Which could be a good thing if they can incorporate some of the great things from TIVO into the DVR software here.

Sam

That is a great idea & exactly why E* will never do it

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have been saying for a long time Dish should buy Tivo.

Hell when Replay was for sale I was saying Dish was NUTS not to bid on it. The folks who won it got it for a song and a dance.

 

[JohnH]

$73 million:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_on_bi_ge/tivo_patent_2

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

It will be years (if they ever see it at all)

Of course you can expect a new wave of lawsuits against others who make DVRs now.

 

[RVD420]

It will be years (if they ever see it at all)

Of course you can expect a new wave of lawsuits against others who make DVRs now.

You are right there Scott.

Dish will appeal.

Dish also has their countersuit to be heard next year in Taxarcana, TX.
Another place known for giving plantiffs large awards.

I really think this is going to end just like the Gemstar deal did, With Dish buying part or all of Tivo.

 

[jgantert]

It will be years (if they ever see it at all)

Of course you can expect a new wave of lawsuits against others who make DVRs now.

I hope so. Maybe the courts can force Comcast to take their peice of crap DVR and replace it with a TiVo unit.

-John

 

[Juan]

I hope so. Maybe the courts can force Comcast to take their peice of crap DVR and replace it with a TiVo unit.

-John

I thought comcrap had a deal with TIVO already,..for the cablecard model

 

[PATONENOW]

And now you know before that decision was rendered WHY DIRECTTV decided to renew their relationship with TIVO for 3 more years.

 

[jgantert]

I thought comcrap had a deal with TIVO already,..for the cablecard model

Not in my area (we use SA boxes), only the Motorola boxes will have the TIVO option from what I have heard.

-John

 

[riffjim4069]

You had better believe the selling price of Tivo just quadrupled. Knowing Charlie, he probably had a deal already worked out with Tivo: Tivo gets purchased at a premium and Charlie gains the patents and legal precedence to go after D* and others. That would be too funny!

On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised to see our DVR fees shoot up and for the DVR fee waiver to go away with AEP/DishHD Platinum. Perhaps this is why E* is the only one charging multiple DVR fees.

 

[riffjim4069]

DISH Network subscribers can continue to use the receivers in their homes, including their DVRs. Furthermore, TiVo dropped their claim that EchoStar's Dishplayer 7200 DVR infringes their patent.

I bet this is good news for the 10 people using the model 7200.

 

[stone phillips420]

go tivo go

 

[birkoff]

Grover,

I actually like my closed response at....

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=63012

Birkoff

 

[Tom in TX]

Dish also has their countersuit to be heard next year in Taxarcana, TX.
Another place known for giving plantiffs large awards.

It's Texarkana - Half Texas- Half Arkansas.
Tom in TX

 

[patrickpiteo]

SoTivo wil have to sue all the cable companies also.

 

[goaliebob99]

I wonder if we will see tivo in our boxes anytime soon.. ???

 

[herdfan]

I really think this is going to end just like the Gemstar deal did, With Dish buying part or all of Tivo.

And now you know before that decision was rendered WHY DIRECTTV decided to renew their relationship with TIVO for 3 more years

But how happy will D* be if they have to pay E* a couple million bucks a month royalty?

I speculated early on that if E* lost, they would make a deal to aquire TiVo. They would steal a bunch of subs from D* especially if they provided full features like HMO and MRV.

D* needs to step up and aquire TiVo before E* does. What is good for TiVo in this case is not necessarily good for D*.