TiVo Files Suit Against EchoStar

TiVo filed a patent infringement suit against EchoStar Communications in a Texas federal district court, alleging the satellite TV company with violating its "Time Warp" feature. The patented feature allows viewers to record one program while playing back another, watch a program as it is being recorded and a storage

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Publish date:: Jan 7, 2004
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TiVo filed a patent infringement suit against EchoStar Communications in a Texas federal district court, alleging the satellite TV company with violating its "Time Warp" feature.

The patented feature allows viewers to record one program while playing back another, watch a program as it is being recorded and a storage format that supports TrickPlay capabilities, such as pausing a live television broadcast, instant replays and slow-motion.patent). The patent was issued to TiVo in May 2001.

"We've invested in building a comprehensive patent portfolio to protect our intellectual property and as the DVR category grows, we will be aggressive in protecting those assets," said Mike Ramsey, CEO of TiVo.

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A Florida District Court has thrown out all of EchoStar's counterclaims against broadcasters in a suit originally filed by broadcast networks and local network affiliates in 1998. In that suit, broadcasters alleged that EchoStar engaged in "gross violations" of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA), includ

EchoStar was ordered to stop selling recording devices that competed with TiVo and to stop offering DVR service to its DISH customers.

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