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    • Motorola Mobility Inc., General Instrument Corp. v. TiVo Inc. / Tivo Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc.

    Jun. 29, 2013
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    Intellectual Property
    Patent Infringement
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    Motorola Mobility Inc., General Instrument Corp. v. TiVo Inc. / Tivo Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc.

    Published: Jun. 29, 2013 | Result Date: Jun. 7, 2013 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |
    Case number: 5:2011-cv-00053 / 2:12-cv-311-JRG Settlement –  $490,000,000

    Court

    USDC Texas


    Attorneys

    Plaintiff

    Douglas A. Fretty

    Melissa S. Rabbani

    Richard M. Birnholz

    Ben J. Yorks

    Thomas C. Werner

    Andrei Iancu
    (Sullivan & Cromwell)

    Joseph M. Lipner
    (Los Angeles County Superior Court)

    Talin Gordnia

    Xinlin Li

    Crawford M. Wells
    (Folio Law Group PLLC)

    Nicholas Chan

    Morgan Chu
    (Irell & Manella LLP)

    Benjamin M. Haber
    (Irell & Manella LLP)


    Defendant

    Marissa Ducca

    John Allcock
    (DLA Piper LLP )

    Sean C. Cunningham
    (DLA Piper LLP)

    Dennis Cunningham

    Edward H. Sikorski

    Edward J. DeFranco
    (Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan LLP)

    Erin P. Gibson
    (DLA Piper LLP)

    Tiffany C. Miller
    (DLA Piper US LLP)

    Charles K. Verhoeven
    (Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan LLP)

    Kevin Hamilton

    Stanley J. Panikowski
    (DLA Piper LLP)


    Facts

    This matter involved two patent infringement lawsuits involving inventions related to digital video recorders. In February 2011, during the pendency of TiVo's patent infringement suit against Verizon, a Motorola customer, Motorola filed a declaratory relief action against TiVo, alleging that the Motorola digital video recorders (DVRs) at issue in the Verizon case did not infringe TiVo patents. Motorola also alleged that TiVo infringed three patents that Motorola now owned. TiVo responded with affirmative claims of infringement against Motorola under TiVo's '389 "Time Warp" patent and two other patents. TiVo also asserted claims against Time Warner Cable with respect to the Motorola set-top boxes. The trial in the TiVo-Motorola case was scheduled to begin on June 10, 2013. In a separate case between TiVo and Cisco, TiVo also asserted claims under the Time Warp patent, and other patents, against Cisco, with respect to Cisco digital video recorders. Cisco had filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit in the Northern District of California, but that case was transferred to the Eastern District of Texas, and then consolidated with TiVo's pending action against Cisco in that court.

    Result

    The parties agreed to resolve both lawsuits. TiVo will receive $490 million in the settlement of this patent dispute.


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