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1. Comment - EchoStar Wins Stay of TiVo Injunction

   (Aug 20, 2006 - 2:08 PM)

   Except there is more than one patent involved, and if it was a case of challenging the patents themselves, Echostar would have done that long ago.
   
   This case is because Echostar had prior access to the designs from Tivo and tried to get around paying a license to them while building their DVRs on the same designs. If Echostar had simply perfected thier own early designs there would have been now case for Tivo to present, but the DISH DVRs would also have remained a generation behind the Tivo units.

2. Comment - EchoStar Wins Stay of TiVo Injunction

   (Aug 20, 2006 - 2:02 PM)

   Do you even know what the patents cover?

3. Comment - EchoStar Wins Stay of TiVo Injunction

   (Aug 20, 2006 - 2:00 PM)

   "I hope you have a healthy appetite then because there are VCRs that can do that."
   
   No, this would be the equivalent of a VCR that could do so on a single tape. What you describe is a duplication of the hardware involved for recording, which is little more than stuffing two VCRs into the same box.
   
   The number of tuners is a moot point, because the tuner in itself does not offer the additional functionality of direct control of the video stream.
   
   "The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. says your wrong."
   
   No the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. only spoke on the immediate injunction. The overall ruling still holds,
   the appeal has yet to be heard, and AFAIK they did not place a stay on the monetary damages.

4. Comment - EchoStar Wins Stay of TiVo Injunction

   (Aug 20, 2006 - 1:47 PM)

   >> But I am mad at TIVO for punishing me for Echostars wrong doings.
   
   Tivo's only other choice would be to allow Echostar to continue doing what they have been doing while stalling the case in the appeals courts for years to come. They have already spent years getting to this decision, you are asking for them to continue to be punished for trying to play straight with DISH in the first place.

5. Comment - EchoStar Wins Stay of TiVo Injunction

   (Aug 20, 2006 - 1:38 PM)

   I don't recall that being a large part of Tivos case, as much as it was a point in how specific parts of the Tivos design allowed for manipulation of the video buffer in ways where the process behind the function was different from other video recording devices.
   
   A larger part of Tivos case was how the media chip which they designed for that process was unique to Tivo branded and created devices, and not as obvious as fast-forward or 30-second skip.