August 2, 2011

Verizon loses ActiveVideo patent suit, owes $115M — Online Video News

Verizon loses ActiveVideo patent suit, owes $115M — Online Video News:
Video-on-demand technology startup ActiveVideo was awarded $115 million by a jury in a patent infringement against Verizon on Tuesday. The decision comes a little more than a year after ActiveVideo took the telco to court over patents related to interactive TV and video-on-demand applications.

The patent infringement lawsuit was originally filed in May 2010 and involved four ActiveVideo patents:


  • U.S. Patent No. 6,034,678, titled Cable Television System With Remote Interactive Processor
  • U.S. Patent No. 5,550,578, titled Interactive And Conventional Television Information System
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,100,883, titled Home Interface Controller for Providing Interactive Cable Television
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,205,582, titled Interactive Cable Television System with Frame Server

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