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Re: Maybe
Absolutely there's something wrong with it. It's in violation of the whole idea of patents.
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aaronwt
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said by KrK  :said by aaronwt :The courts obviously don't agree with your assessment. The patent court cases rule based on the patents... and therein lies the rub. The problem usually is the patent granted by the patent office. IE a super broad patent often covering obvious technology is granted, and then used by a company to beat others over the head for money. Happens all the time. There is nothing at all wrong with that. |
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KrK
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said by aaronwt :The courts obviously don't agree with your assessment. The patent court cases rule based on the patents... and therein lies the rub. The problem usually is the patent granted by the patent office. IE a super broad patent often covering obvious technology is granted, and then used by a company to beat others over the head for money.
Happens all the time.
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said by KrK :said by slomike2 :The thing is that after the way they have treated TiVo, The Tivo lawsuit is BS. The way they've been treated by Tivo is more like it. I applaud them for not just rolling over and like many companies do when faced with extortion. The courts obviously don't agree with your assessment. |
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said by slomike2 :The thing is that after the way they have treated TiVo, The Tivo lawsuit is BS. The way they've been treated by Tivo is more like it. I applaud them for not just rolling over and like many companies do when faced with extortion.
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arundc
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Yes that maybe the case but I still don't think neither party is ready for negative publicity. I think Tivo could use the customer base that Dish has. Like I said before, highly unlikely they are simply going to disable the DVRs. Check out dbstalk.com for more in depth discussions about this case. |
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slomike2
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The thing is that after the way they have treated TiVo, the fees that TiVo may require, may be enough to put Dish out of business. Or at least kill their stock price enough that they will be easily bought. There could also be investor lawsuits about the drop in stock price.
It appears that Dish knew they were violating TiVo patents and just chose to ignore the consequences.
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