Not content to sue its rivals for alleged patent infringement in ...
Not content to sue its rivals for alleged patent infringement in U.S. courts, Gemstar-TV Guide International also is filing complaints against them internationally. Gemstar and its subsidiary Starsight Telecast brought legal claims against Pioneer, Scientific-Atlanta (S-A), EchoStar and SCI…
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Systems to International Trade Commission (ITC) Thurs., charging they illegally imported set-top boxes featuring interactive program guides that infringed on Gemstar’s U.S. patents. Gemstar and Starsight said they were seeking exclusion orders from ITC that would ban importation of offending boxes and stop them from being sold in U.S. immediately. Gemstar also is seeking injunctive relief and other damages from Pioneer, S-A and EchoStar in patent infringement suits filed earlier in separate federal courts. S-A spokesman said company hadn’t seen Gemstar’s ITC complaint but didn’t believe it had infringed on “any valid Gemstar or Starsight patents.” Spokesman also said S-A “will vigorously defend this new action and continue to pursue our patent and antitrust actions against the Gemstar companies here in Atlanta.”