TiVo Sues Comcast For Patent Infringement

Published January 21, 2018 · Updated January 21, 2018

TiVo sues Comcast for patent infringement in TiVo’s latest move to protect the unlicensed use of TiVo’s patented inventions.

TiVo has provided TV entertainment and DVR technology since 1999. Since 1999, TiVo’s investments in Research & Development (R&D) has led to many patents. Over the years, TiVo has consistently protected the unlicensed use of their patents with multiple patent infringement lawsuits. Currently, TiVo is pursing patent infringement litigation against Comcast.

TiVo Sues Comcast for Patent Infringement

On November 21, 2017 the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that some of Comcast’s (Xfinity) X1 set-top boxes violated two of TiVo’s patents.

Read the US International Trade Commission ruling.

Following the November 2017 ITC ruling, TiVo is now pursuing further legal action against Comcast.

A TiVo press release on January 11, 2018 outlines the basis for the most recent lawsuit against Comcast:

The lawsuits allege that Comcast’s X1 platform infringes technology invented and patented by Rovi (TiVo parent company), including pausing and resuming shows on different devices, restarting live programming in progress, advanced DVR recording features, and advanced search & voice functionality. *

The TiVo press release also indicates future legal action against Comcast:

In addition to today’s filings, Rovi (TiVo parent company) 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. *

TiVo Patent Infringement Lawsuits

TiVo has acquired over $1.5 BILLION in legal settlements from TiVo patent infringements.

Here is a list of TiVo lawsuits.

EchoStar Corp (Dish Network) 2004

TiVo engaged in a seven-year lawsuit for patent infringement by EchoStar (Dish Network).

In 2011, TiVo was awarded a $500 Million settlement. EchoStar agreed to license TiVo’s DVR technology.

AT&T 2012

AT&T agreed to pay TiVo $215 Million in a lawsuit settlement.

Verizon 2012

Verizon agreed to pay TiVo $250.4 Million in a lawsuit settlement.

Google, Cisco, and Time Warner 2013

TiVo, Google, and Cisco settled out of court.

The settlement was a lump-sum payment of $490 Million by Google and Cisco. Cisco was responsible for paying $294 Million of the $490 Million.

Samsung 2015

TiVo’s lawsuit against Samsung resulted in an agreement for Samsung to license TiVo’s patents.

Comcast 2017

The International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that some of Comcast’s (Xfinity) X1 set-top boxes violated two of TiVo’s patents. Comcast’s (Xfinity) X1 set-top boxes that violated TiVo’s patents cannot be imported.

*Press Release information courtesy of TiVo Corporation.

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