[opendtv] TiVo Suit Vs. EchoStar to Begin This Week

      TiVo Suit Vs. EchoStar to Begin This Week
      - Mar 26, 2006 05:40 PM (AP Online)

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer


DALLAS (AP) -- In a case beginning this week, a Texas jury will be 
asked to decide whether satellite-TV giant EchoStar Communications 
Corp. stole TiVo Inc.'s technology that lets viewers skip the 
commercials.


TiVo claims that EchoStar, which operates the Dish satellite network, 
violated TiVo patent on technology used to record one program while 
playing back another. TiVo is seeking unspecified damages.


The trial is scheduled to start Wednesday in U.S. district court in 
Marshall, 150 miles east of Dallas, and last about two weeks.


If TiVo wins, it could sue cable companies that offer other set-top 
boxes or at least force them to pay licensing fees. Defeat would 
probably relegate TiVo to a niche place in the market it created, 
analysts say.

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