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OpenTV owner sues Netflix over patent infringement

2012-12-21 09:44 by
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OpenTV, a company that is owned by Switzerland-based conditional access company Nagra, filed a lawsuit against Netflix. The lawsuit, filed at the US District Court for the District of Delaware, claimed that Netflix have infringed on no less than 7 US relating to OTT technology, citing methods in video playback, digital rights management, and using viewer information for direct recommendations, amongst other issues.

OpenTV claims that it has been negotiating with Netflix for a year for access to its patent portfolio. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages, which it wants increased due to willful infringement, and a permanent injunction barring Netflix from using the patents. They haven't said it yet, but closure of the service in the US is sure to come up in some future filing.

Nagra is a close partner of Dish Network in the US, which is itself now the owner of Blockbuster, which was driven to bankruptcy and into the arms of Dish, by Netflix. This is probably a nuisance suit devised by Dish to give Blockbuster a chance.

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