Inventor Claims Slingbox Infringes Patent
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The creator of a wireless speaker system is suing Sling Media for patent infringement.
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Google's browser toolbar faces patent infringement charges in court, after an appeals overturned part of a lower court decision.
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Sony Place Shifting â no, itâs not a Slingbox Sony launched its LocationFree media streaming system in May of this year and now it seems that Version 2 with Added Bling is on its way. The Americans have been treated to a stack of new kit today which consists of a choice of two Base Stations as well as a new Location Free TV Box. You stream media from the Base Station and receive it at the TV box, which isnât exactly a new concept but getting the process to work smoothly seems to be beyond some companies that have products in the market place.â¦
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I'm sorry to see that my blog entry on recent controversies over freedom turned into a thread about TiVo. But since TiVo seems to be such a hot button, I would like to address that issue directly. I made the point in the discussion that TiVo did not license its hardware under the GPL (duh, GPL is a software license, after all), or even a GPL-like license.  So all the fuss about what rights you have with respect to TiVo hardware is nonsense.  Sure, you have the right to modify the hardware because you bought it.  But you will void your warranty, and TiVo is under no obligation to provide you with the schematic, BIOS, or anything else to make it easy to modify the hardware.  Having said that, let's cut through all the posturing about what rights we have, and get to the real issue here, which is what motivated TiVo to use a digital signature, and what would motivate people to modify the TiVo software and run the modified version on a TiVo box.
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The EFF files suit against the self-proclaimed inventor of the Electric Slide line dance after a YouTube video becomes a copyright issue. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The Software Freedom Law Center says the "junk patent" threatens open-source projects. The holder says it's willing to deal--but the group asks too much.
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USA Video Technology Corp., a small  technology firm that holds patents for the digital delivery of  media, said on Thursday it has filed a suit against top U.S.  cable operators over their video-on-demand services.
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The chances of a user being sued for intellectual property (IP) infringement related to software usage are slim, industry observers say. But that may change, as some companies hoard patents for the express purpose of using them to extract money from sellers and users of software.
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Two more distributors of allegedly -- if not obviously -- unlicensed content are facing civil prosecution by the Motion Picture Association of America this afternoon. YouTVpc and Peekvid are the subjects of civil suits in US District Court in Los Angeles, not only for hosting unlicensed content but linking to other sources for unlicensed content as well.
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Sling Media Inc., which announced its Clip+Sling service at last year's CES, is demonstrating it at this year's.
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Pro model comes to UK too Sling Media has revamped its UK Slingbox TV-over-the-net gadget line-up, a move that will see the year-old Slingbox Pro finally come to Britain, alongside the global launch of a brand new Slingbox, the Solo.â¦
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It's good, but not that good 3GSM The folks behind the Slingbox aren't worried by traditional broadcasters getting into video on demand because, they claim, their boxes offer a far more personalised experience.â¦
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An appeals court should throw out a half-billion-dollar patent infringement judgment against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognize that the Web browsing patent was based on a technology that was not invented by the company awarded the money
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Lonestar Inventions has filed suit against Nintendo, alleging that the Wii infringes on a patent that it holds.
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The Motion Picture Association of America sued YouTVpc and Peekvid.com, claiming they illegally post copyrighted material.
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The Los Angeles comedy writer-producer who penned Fox's "In Living Color" and created Nickelodeon's "Roundhouse" has sued the Walt Disney Co., claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show, "Hannah Montana," from him.
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The patent is for a digital-watermarking technology that could be used to protect the rights of content owners even when digital music is distributed without DRM protection.