Information Technology Law Reports - Volume 15 - Issue 2

(1) STARSIGHT TELECAST INC (2) UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES INC v (1) VIRGIN MEDIA LTD (2) VIRGIN MEDIA PAYMENTS LTD (3) TIVO INC 103
High Court of Justice
(Chancery Division Pat)
26 March 2014

Patents - infringement - revocation - method for restricting access to television programmes - method of delivering signals and downloading channel guide information - adult channels - parental control options - whether obvious - prior art - whether novel - added subject-matter - European Patent Office - Patents Act 1977 sections 1(1)(a) and 72(1)(d) - judgment for the defendants.