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Jan. 14, 2019, 2:56 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 14, 2019, 9:56 PM UTC

TiVo Files Fresh Suit Against Comcast Over Set-Top Box Patents (2)

Malathi Nayak
Malathi Nayak
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TiVo Corp.'s Rovi unit has filed a new patent infringement suit in its ongoing battle with Comcast Corp. over video recording technology in set-top boxes.

Rovi Guides Inc. alleges that Comcast’s products, including set-top boxes for X1, an interactive television platform, infringe eight patents covering TV program guides for recording video. It filed the complaint Jan. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

The lawsuit is TiVo’s most recent salvo in a dispute that started in 2016, when Rovi merged with TiVo and was unable to renew a patent-licensing agreement with Comcast for television set-top ...

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