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Re: TiVo gains second judgment against Echostar No, then they would have merely paid licensing fees or purchased Gemstar's patent, not have been granted a new patent with a new number for the exact same thing.
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| said by Bit:No, then they would have merely paid licensing fees or purchased Gemstar's patent, not have been granted a new patent with a new number for the exact same thing. That's what I said.
I'm not sure where I posted that TiVo was issued a new patent for the TV Guide Spreadsheet. If I did, I was wrong. Please quote me, so I can correct it. |
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1 edit | I said they got a new patent (vs licensing) for their guide. It was a good chunk of their "interface" patent 6757906.
Lots of the elements TiVo was granted a patent for in their interface patent were all prior art, previously patented by Gemstar or even the 1985 EPG patent and I'm sure many others.
And this wouldn't be the first time the PO handed out a patent on prior art as IBM got one for the scroll bar in 1995 when obvious to everyone, the scroll bar had long existed, including in Windows 3.1.
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