Comments on: EchoStar Falls Once Again To Tivo, Says It Will Keep Fighting

By: BusyBB.us » The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:19:58 +0000

[...] a $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

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Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:08:17 +0000

[...] a $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

By: The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:00:12 +0000

[...] a .25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

By: The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million | Spin Valley Post

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:32:02 +0000

[...] a $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

By: The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million | Cellphone Ultra

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:53:21 +0000

[...] a $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

By: The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million | Stoth

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:24:50 +0000

[...] $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

By: The Hurt Keeps Coming: Dish And EchoStar Ordered To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:18:32 +0000

[...] a $2.25 per month royalty for every Dish DVR user, extending from April 2008, when an appeals court reaffirmed TiVo’s patent, to July 1 [...]

By: IrritatedUKexTivoOwner

IrritatedUKexTivoOwner — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:01:04 +0000

Tivo are failing as they are crap at customer service and support. They recently preminatly broke the suggestions feature in the UK on Series 1 boxes and refuse to make a (fairly simple) change and update the software on them and still expect people who, after years of poor customer service to continue paying the same monthly subscriptions for less of a service.

Oh and you can’t buy newer boxes in the UK so there is no upgrade path.

By: Agonizing Fury

Agonizing Fury — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:44:30 +0000

Recording one program while watching another, I seem to remember doing this with my VCR back in 1987 (it was probably possible before then, but 6 was about the age I started to be able to program the VCR better than my parents). Can we say prior art? Granted the recording medium is different but I do believe that simply applying an idea to a different technology has been thrown out before.

By: Workadaddy

Workadaddy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:25:01 +0000

I don’t know what I would do without both Tivo and EchoStar.

By: Startup Venture

Startup Venture — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:43:02 +0000

Tivo was first to market, had the best technology, and terrific intellectual property. As a startup venture, this is as much as you could hope for. So why the heck are we watching this company struggling to keep it’s head above water and needing court rulings to put money in the bank?

By: Home Media

Home Media — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:36:27 +0000

What would home media be without Tivo. Now, if we could just get a good product that ties together high quality tv, movie downloads, and home computer networking, I’d be a happy man.

By: kwood07

kwood07 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:33:16 +0000

Tivo was so ahead of the curve that they deserve something for being first to market. DVRs have become such commodities now that Tivo needs to do something to profit from its brand.

By: web hosting

web hosting — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:20:22 +0000

I read EchoStar says it will go to US Supreme Court over TiVo case.

By: watch tv

watch tv — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:25:51 +0000

Amazon, comcast, netflix, and probably others would be good candidates.???ah …

By: photoframes

photoframes — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:23:58 +0000

it’d be practically useless

By: Frank Church

Frank Church — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:45:26 +0000

@Jason, As long as you are analytical, *we* won’t let your stint be tentative. Welcome aboard. Yeah, pshop, very impressive. I’m not normally a grammar natzi, it was just glaring. So far, so good.

By: Jason Kincaid

Jason Kincaid — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:06:12 +0000

@Frank and BlueMoose,

Hi, I’m the new guy. We’re not sure if I’ll be here permanently, you’ll see an intro post if I get to stay. Please note my impressive photoshop skills.

Thanks for the typo catch, Frank.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » EchoStar、特許侵害でTiVoにまた敗訴。「とことん争う」

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » EchoStar、特許侵害でTiVoにまた敗訴。「とことん争う」 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:20:17 +0000

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By: dumbfounder

dumbfounder — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:14:51 +0000

Patents are supposed to be “non-obvious”. This is just about as obvious as it gets.

It is a shame to see Tivo stoop like this, but they don’t have a lot of choice, they have been continually stomped on by the big boys despite their vastly superior product.

By: minox

minox — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:14:13 +0000

yeah… all for the money and fame~

By: Software Outsourcing Company

Software Outsourcing Company — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:01:44 +0000

i think this is fair..

By: jenkins

jenkins — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:53:03 +0000

Thanks — after jumping through that many “what if’s” I guess I can now say that Tivo is new fodder for TC!

By: BlueMoose

BlueMoose — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:29:18 +0000

jason, are you a guess blogger?

By: Frank Church

Frank Church — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:13:24 +0000

@jenkins, Lemme splain: The web is currently used to distribute all sorts of content, and Tivo is used to distribute premium content. Because they use TCP/IP technology (you may be familiar that is the same thing in use on “the web”) to achieve most of their value, Tivo can be considered very much a part of the “web world”. Eventually, “TV” and “the web” become indistinguishable, leaving Tivo’s patents relevant to anyone that wants to intelligently distribute premium technology.