TiVo Corporation Announces Additional Patent Litigation Against Comcast
January 11 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Previous ITC Ruling Found Comcast Violated Rovi
Patents, Already Causing Comcast X1 Customers to Lose Popular
Remote DVR Recording Capability
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights, today announced
that Rovi Corporation, a TiVo company, and related Rovi affiliates
filed new patent infringement lawsuits against Comcast Corporation
in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The lawsuits allege that Comcast’s X1 platform infringes
technology invented and patented by Rovi, including pausing and
resuming shows on different devices, restarting live programming in
progress, advanced DVR recording features, and advanced search
& voice functionality. The patents involved in the new
complaints represent a very small component of Rovi’s worldwide
patent portfolio.
“Through decades-long investment in research and development,
Rovi has created innovations that delight consumers in their
day-to-day entertainment experience. Our commitment to our
customers and stockholders compels us to protect these valuable
inventions from unlicensed use,” said Enrique Rodriguez, president
and CEO, TiVo. “Hundreds of media and entertainment leaders around
the world recognize the value of our innovations by selecting our
products and services and licensing our intellectual property. Our
goal is for Comcast to renew its long-standing license so it can
continue providing its customers the many popular features Rovi
invented.”
In addition to today’s filings, Rovi plans to file an additional
legal action with the United States International Trade Commission
(ITC) regarding the same patents, and will be seeking an exclusion
order preventing infringing X1 set-top boxes from continuing to be
imported into the United States. In November 2017, the ITC ruled
that Comcast infringed two Rovi patents and issued an exclusion
order, effectively barring the importation and sale of infringing
X1 set-top boxes.
About TiVo
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights. From the
interactive program guide to the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative
products and licensable technologies that revolutionize how people
find content across a changing media landscape. TiVo enables the
world’s leading media and entertainment providers to deliver the
ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the next generation of
entertainment at tivo.com or follow us on Twitter @tivo or
@tivoforbusiness.
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