Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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Thanks for the clarification. When looking at the situation from the surface, it seems ridiculous that the law suit even has merit. But then digging deeper, a patent is a legal licence issued by government that gives the holder exclusive rights to a process, design or new invention for a designated period of time. There I see where Tivo is coming from. It's pretty interesting how they come up with the dollar figures, but I'll also be interested in seeing what this does for each companies bottom lines. Will Echostar really start hurting? Will Tivo see a positive gain with the money (innovations, or securities, etc..) Tivo's stock already went up over 50% today.
So Macrovision must pay Tivo some kind of license fee to Tivo for their DVR version of I-Guide and Passport. I guess Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco) pays some sort of fee to Tivo on their SARA DVR product. And of course the Comcast Tivo vaporware, developed by Tivo should be exempt because it IS a Tivo product.
I wonder if Moxi will be exempt, as their hardware is much better than the old school DVR's. Most Tru2Way ready boxes (Samsung SMT-3050, Motorola DCX, Cisco 8550, Panasonic 250GB DVR, ADB 4820C, etc..) should be exempt correct? Or is it not the hardware the patent is on, it's the software?