Comments on: Breaking News: TiVo v EchoStar

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:34:16 +0000

Pay $74M or just buy Tivo for 10x that?

By: cableric

cableric — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:25:02 +0000

$74 Million…and…what…3rd time it’s been upheld? I think they’re getting paid.

By: john s

john s — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:06:59 +0000

It depends on how much the Judge awarded Tivo and the basis of that award – for instance if he awarded them 21 Million and most of that was on the hardware infringment vs the software then that judgment may be lessened tremendiously.
So it will go back down to the original Judge to make the determination of the award.

By: carroca

carroca — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:12:13 +0000

It will for the quarter that they finally receive the payment from Echostar.

By: Big John

Big John — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:52:41 +0000

Does this make Tivo profitable?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:27:31 +0000

I’m happy for Tivo, and happy enough with the result. I don’t think EchoStar infringed the Tivo patents in question (since there is no encoding going on, just capture), but the outcome may still be fore the best. Obvious question is whether Tivo will pursue cases against other companies (MOT, Cisco, DirectTV) on the basis of this. I think I’d prefer they didn’t…

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:53:10 +0000

Dude, minneapolis? Wheres the beer meetup?

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:39:39 +0000

TiVo is in and out of court more than Britney Spears…but hooray for TiVo! Pleas apply that big fat damages check you’ll be getting from EchoStar towards lower the cost of a new Series 3. KTHX