Neo HDTV » uspto http://neohdtv.com The latest news of Digital TV and Accessories Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:01:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 USPTO rules against TiVo’s “Time Warp” patent, but the fight vs. DISH rages on, again http://neohdtv.com/uspto-rules-against-tivos-time-warp-patent-but-the-fight-vs-dish-rages-on-again/ http://neohdtv.com/uspto-rules-against-tivos-time-warp-patent-but-the-fight-vs-dish-rages-on-again/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:42:00 +0000 Richard Lawler http://hd.engadget.com/2010/06/08/uspto-rules-against-tivos-time-warp-patent-but-the-fight-vs/ The never ending TiVo / DISH Network patent saga continues, with the latest twist presented as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled TiVo's "Time Warp" patent is invalid. Both sides have issued press release in response, with TiVo pointing out this is "just one of several steps" in the review process" while DISH's Facebook status was predictably "pleased." For now, the only thing to report is that, as usual, nothing has really changed, the Appeals court is still undertaking a review of its previous ruling, and it will probably finish that before this Patent Office decision is resolved , given the opportunity for appeals to its board, and even through the federal courts. Still, depending on how this goes, it could have the most affect on TiVo's lawsuits against Verizon and AT&T, but right now we're just going to go grab (another) Snickers, this one will be going on for a long while yet.

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In the latest episode of this ongoing saga Vizio (now feeling its oats enough to claim the "Number One Shipper of Flat Panel HDTVs in the USA" title) is again suing Funai for patent infringement and seeking an injunction barring Funai from importing and selling its HDTVs. Just in case that wasn't etherous enough, Vizio cofounder Laynie Newsome chimed in with a line to make Funai's soul burn slow, pointing out that unlike some companies, Vizio's patent portfolio has not been rejected by the USPTO. We don't know how realistic it is that shipments of Funai's Sylvania, Philips, Magnavox and other branded products could be stalled by the action -- note Funai's so far ineffective action on Vizio's products -- but hopefully this latest strike brings things closer to a resolution and more cheap televisions for all.

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