TiVo Sues AT&T, Verizon > Re: TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon for DVR patent infringement

said by KenAF:

During today's conference call, TiVo's CEO said "attempts were made to reach a commercial agreement" with Verizon and AT&T but "could not be reached." Unable to reach an agreement, TiVo decided to "pursue a permanent injunction."

Patent specifics

Multimedia Time Warping System (filed 7/30/1998, granted 5/15/2001, expires 7/30/2018)
System for time shifting multimedia content streams (filed 2/20/2002, granted 5/05/2009, expires 2/20/2022)
Automatic playback overshoot correction system (filed 5/13/2004, granted 2/17/2009, expires 5/13/2024)

Only the first patent was at issue in the Dish Network case, which was filed back in 2004.

TiVo also said the new DirecTiVo product was on track and that it expected to roll out "new product developments" with Best Buy in early 2010. TiVo alluded to some user interface improvements on the new product.

said by dvd536:

Uhmmmmmmmmm ALL those were filed AFTER the VCR was in existance so tivo is really stepping on their patents when it comes to time shifting content.