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Tivo Sues Littleton-Based EchoStar For Patent Infringement C & P
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Tivo Sues Littleton-Based EchoStar For Patent Infringement
POSTED: 1:29 pm MDT October 10, 2005
DENVER -- Littleton-based EchoStar Communications goes to trial in Texas this week to defend itself against claims of patent infringement by TiVo over digital video recording.
TiVo alleges that EchoStar -- which operates the satellite T-V Dish Network -- unfairly used its technology to build a digital video recorder, which allows viewers to pause live T-V and skip commercials.
If TiVo has its way, EchoStar would have to pay unspecified damages and might have to modify its satellite receivers. If TiVo wins, it could use the decision as a precedent to sue other companies that have introduced technologies similar to its so-called time-warp, which allows viewers to record one program while recording another.
TiVo was founded in 1997 and introduced the first digital video recorder. EchoStar followed up in 1999 with its own version.
Officials of both companies declined to comment on the lawsuit, but EchoStar has said in court filings that TiVo's claims aren't valid because the digital video recording technology was an obvious invention.
Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday in federal court in Texas
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Tivo Sues Littleton-Based EchoStar For Patent Infringement
POSTED: 1:29 pm MDT October 10, 2005
DENVER -- Littleton-based EchoStar Communications goes to trial in Texas this week to defend itself against claims of patent infringement by TiVo over digital video recording.
TiVo alleges that EchoStar -- which operates the satellite T-V Dish Network -- unfairly used its technology to build a digital video recorder, which allows viewers to pause live T-V and skip commercials.
If TiVo has its way, EchoStar would have to pay unspecified damages and might have to modify its satellite receivers. If TiVo wins, it could use the decision as a precedent to sue other companies that have introduced technologies similar to its so-called time-warp, which allows viewers to record one program while recording another.
TiVo was founded in 1997 and introduced the first digital video recorder. EchoStar followed up in 1999 with its own version.
Officials of both companies declined to comment on the lawsuit, but EchoStar has said in court filings that TiVo's claims aren't valid because the digital video recording technology was an obvious invention.
Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday in federal court in Texas