Cisco Has Enough Of TiVo Patent Claims, Files To Invalidate TiVo Patents
Found on Techdirt on Monday, 04 June 2012
Over the past few years, as competition in the DVR market has become tougher, TiVo has become more and more reliant on using its patents to stop competition and innovation, rather than focusing on competing in the marketplace.
TiVo found the process so enjoyable that it apparently started thinking about a second career as a patent troll -- and has already sued Verizon and Motorola.
Cisco, owners of Scientific Atlanta, a maker of settop boxes and DVRs, has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate four TiVo patents.
You'd think that at some point people would realize how useless and blocking patents can be.