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To: Dinesh who wrote (10890)	11/22/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: NY Stew	Respond to of 54805

Dinesh, Patents are just that, until someone decides tochallenge them. I agree. Gemstar has been involved in more litigations than any company I have followed. They have been aggressive in defending their IPR. John Corcoran at Stephen's didn't call Gemstar a think tank of world-class engineers without reason. Henry is a mathematician, scientist and attorney. His court record remains unblemished. Regards Stew

To: Dinesh who wrote (10890)	11/22/1999 8:42:00 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Dinesh, What if I were able to talk to my VCR ? Let's take that one step farther. If you could talk to your VCR you'd also be able to talk to your TV. Using the one-touch tuning as an example, the tuning technology would be the same. The difference would be the activation of the tuning, the difference between voice activation and remote-control activation. If someone else comes out with the voice activation that works every time, I can see Gemstar licensing it and "connecting" it to their pre-existing interactive technologies. My point is that I don't see voice activation being an obstacle for Gemstar. --Mike Buckley