Reuters: Technology News: TiVo countersues Cisco as DVR patent battle heats up

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TiVo countersues Cisco as DVR patent battle heats up Jun 5th 2012, 04:49 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Exclusive: Iranian cell-phone carrier obtained banned U.S. tech Mon, Jun 4 2012 Cisco sues TiVo over DVRs Fri, Jun 1 2012 Rising legal costs push TiVo into the red Wed, May 30 2012 Corrected: Dish, TV networks take fight over ad zapper to judges Fri, May 25 2012 Huawei seeks EU action against InterDigital patent fees Thu, May 24 2012 Analysis & Opinion The cable news audience has peaked SCOTUS to Federal Circuit: Think harder about what's patentable The Cisco logo is displayed at the technology company's campus in San Jose, California February 3, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith Tue Jun 5, 2012 12:49am EDT (Reuters) - TiVo Inc countersued Cisco Systems Inc in a court over alleged infringement of four patents relating to digital video recorder (DVR) technology, days after Cisco filed a lawsuit against TiVo to void those same patents. TiVo, which sells set-up boxes that record and play back TV programs, is already fighting patent lawsuits against a number of companies that bought DVRs from Cisco. Cisco sells DVRs through its Scientific Atlanta division to companies such as AT&T Inc, Time Warner Cable Inc and Verizon Communications Inc. TiVo has resisted granting a broad license to Cisco's DVR technology because doing so would impede TiVo's capacity to bring -- and ultimately settle -- lawsuits over its patents, a key source of revenue, Cisco said in a complaint filed last week. In the court filing, Cisco said TiVo has asserted infringement of its patents against Cisco customers including Verizon. In January, TiVo settled a patent lawsuit with AT&T after the wireless operator agreed to pay the company at least $215 million as well as monthly licensing fees. TiVo sells its own set-top boxes and licenses technology to cable TV operators including Charter Communications Inc, DirecTV and Virgin Media Inc. TiVo had also asked the court that Cisco be ordered to pay compensatory damages to the DVR maker, court documents show. The case is TiVo Inc vs. Cisco Systems, Case No. 2:12-cv-00311, U.S. District Court, Eastern District Of Texas, Marshall Division. (Reporting by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Ryan Woo) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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