http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/ Engadget Comments for EchoStar to go for round 2 with TiVo http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/Apr 27th 2006 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/
In the RIM-NTP battle RIM had a near guarantee that the patents NTP held would be invalidated as the USPTO pretty much said that was what was going to happen. RIM tried to drag proceedings out until the patents were invalidated but the judge, even with a fair amount of political pressure wasn't having it. In the end RIM ended up settling even though everyone involved knew the NTP patents were going to be invalidated because they were facing a shutdown.

IMNSHO (and IANAL) the TiVo patents are a lot more likely to be upheld so unless the judge is sympathetic to Echostar's point of view they will end up spinning their legal wheels with a fairly small chance of success.

Now TiVo is WAY WAY WAY less likely to seek an injunction against Echostar that would affect existing customers, unlike NTP, a company with no product TiVo has an existing business which could be hurt if they are seen as a bully. Though if TiVo sought an injunction simply stopping the sale of new Dish PVRs it would put Echostar at a disadvantage competitively without inconvieniencing existing customers and could produce a settlement.

Personally I hope there is a settlement, soon that results in Dish starting to offer real TiVo units, as a Dish Customer and the owner of two TiVo's this would be the best of both worlds for me.]]>Apr 27th 2006 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/Apr 27th 2006 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/
lol...what?]]>Apr 27th 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/27/echostar-to-go-for-round-2-with-tivo/This shows how stubborn Charles Ergin is. Perhaps he should be replaced just like McNealey (sic) at Sun was recently.

Any simpleton with an IQ of 70 could see the benefit for Echostar/DISH to settle with TiVo and start offering DVRs with TiVo software standard to their customers. It would definitely be a leg up against Murdoch dictated DirecTV with his stubborn favoring of the inferior NDS DVR platform (which he owns) over the superior TiVo platform.

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