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Microsoft sues Tivo again
SOFTWARE king of the world Microsoft is suing the telly outfit Tivo for nicking some of its ideas, again.
According to Reuters Microsoft thinks features in Tivo's set-top boxes infringe four of the operating system giant's patents. Apparently the claims centre on TiVo's program time guide, schedule grid, remote interface and program delivery system.
It is the second wave of cases that the Vole has against Tivo. Last year Microsoft sued Tivo in a California court claiming seven separate counts of patent infringement.
The pair have been slugging it out in the courtrooms in a long-running dispute over technology used in digital video recording services. It does seem however that the new court cases are designed to give Tivo a chinese burn until it says "uncle".
Microsoft said it and Tivo are in negotiations to resolve the dispute, which means the new charges are just to increase the pressure.
Kevin Kutz, director of public affairs at Microsoft bragged about his "strong and robust" patent portfolio that he would "vigorously" defend against infringement. We guess he has a bulky dossier for a lawyer and he is proud of it.
Tivo has not said anything, freudian or otherwise. µ
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Certainly TIVO stole intellectual property from Micr0$uck$ - how could they have not? Micr0$uck$ invented the computer, the internet, and anything related should be coughing up the $$$ for royalties.
I want my LoseDoze. GIVE me my LoseDoze!
Where did Microsoft nick the idea? Since it's a widely-known fact that MS never actually invented anything except unlawful marketing methods (well, actually, I think the Mafia used those methods before Bill Gates "discovered" them).
This is just part of the negotiation process. Microsoft doesn't want to have to pay any licensing fees to Tivo for incorporating DVR functionality. So they sue Tivo, and after they each pay their lawyers millions of dollars they both get to use each other's patents with no money exchanging hands. Recall Tivo has a suit pending against AT&T Uverse - which uses Microsoft's technology.
When will the governments (especially the US one) wake up and see what a joke the software patents are. The are seriously hindering software development and progression of software becoming better over time. At the moment it is a game of I sue you, and then you sue me. Absolutely ridiculous!
Wasn't it Microsoft themselves complaining about being sued?
And yet they do it themselves.