OpenTV, a maker of software for set-top boxes, has a patentzaak lost against Netflix was brought. The judge is going to bring in the statement from Netflix that a OpenTV patent, which ‘linked services’ are described, not enough innovative.
The firm OpenTV began last year a lawsuit in the Netherlands against Netflix. The streaming-video service would be a total of seven patents violate any of OpenTV. One of them is a patent in which ‘linked services’ are described. The district court of The Hague has now ruled that the patent is not innovative enough and not sufficiently inventive. This is the patentclaim rejected. Also need to OpenTV bear the costs of proceedings.
With the sentence, rack up Netflix a major victory: OpenTV had demanded that Netflix its activities in the Netherlands had to abandon because it would infringe the relevant patent. Also demanded OpenTV that Netflix profit was a part of.
To ComputerWorld late a lawyer of Netflix to know that he is very satisfied with the “sensible decision”. Also, he suggests that the patents of OpenTV now invalid are explained and so nothing is worth more.