TiVo Inc. controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Supreme Court denies Comcast appeal in TiVo patent dispute
Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Comcast's appeal of a federal court ruling that upheld an International Trade Commission ban on importing Comcast X1 set-top boxes found to infringe two TiVo patents. The article reports that the patents at issue in this ruling had expired.
Source excerpt
According to Bloomberg Law, the high court declined to review Comcast’s appeal of a March federal court ruling, which in turn, had upheld an earlier ban issued by the International Trade Commission (ITC) on Comcast X1 set-tops that were determined to have infringed on two TiVo patents.
The patents pertaining to this most recent SCOTUS ruling—one of which deals with setting remote DVR recording via smart phones—have expired.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a Comcast appeal in the cable company’s sprawling four-year patent infringement battle with TiVo/Xperi.