SONICblue Sues TiVo for Patent Infringement

SVDave writes "Yesterday, Slashdot reported that SONICblue was going to start negotiating patent licensing with TiVo. It appears that SONICblue has switched strategies: today they've decided to sue TiVo for patent infringement. Given TiVo's patents on PVR technology, I would expect a quick countersuit, though SONICblue claims that ReplayTV does not infringe on any of TiVo's patents."

Awright!!

[dweezle]

And the sound of lawyers laughter echos throughout the land.

Gee, this is cute.

[x136]

So basically, competition is pretty much grounds for a lawsuit these days. Nice.

Re:Gee, this is cute.

[Safety Cap]

To review:

• Those who can, create.
• Those who can't, sue.
• Those who can't create or sue (successfully) end up on fscked company [fuckedcompany.com]

Doesn't this remind you of the time...

[Brendan Byrd]

...that one guy copyrighted Linux and then try to sue companies for royalities? Really, we all know that TiVo came first. Why is this even an issue?

Or a better question: Why doesn't the patent guys bother to check if something else still exists? You can't patent something if it already exists.

I'm just waiting for Microsoft to copyright the word "software".