Law360, San Diego (July 05, 2011, 10:02 PM ET) -- TiVo Inc. urged a Texas federal court Tuesday to bar Verizon Communications Inc. from alleging infringement of one of its patents in a dispute over digital video recording technology, arguing that the patent was found invalid in a separate Virginia patent suit.
In a motion for judgment on the pleadings, TiVo contends that Verizon’s U.S. Patent Number 6,381,748, which covers “Apparatus and methods for network access using a set top box and television,” cannot be asserted as part of its counterclaims against TiVo in the current...