Tivo has won a key patent-infringement case against Comcast at the US International Trade Commission. The ITC issued an import ban on the X1 set-top boxes used by Comcast and an order to halt sales of already imported products, after finding they infringed two Tivo patents, Bloomberg reports.
The ban goes into effect in 60 days unless it’s overturned by the US President. Comcast can also challenge the commission’s decision in an appeals court.
Comcast said it was reviewing the ruling, which will be made public after both sides get a chance to redact confidential information. Tivo called for the cable company to take a licence for its technology.
The dispute began when Rovi, which merged with TiVo last year, and Comcast were unable to renew a patent-licensing agreement over the technology in set-top boxes. Arris International and Technicolor, which make the boxes for Comcast in Mexico and in Asia, also were named in the case.
