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To: Dr. Id who wrote (26812)	6/26/2000 1:25:00 PM
From: MarkR37	Respond to of 54805

<<Scientific Atlanta, a Norcross, Ga., maker of cable set-top boxes, filed a federal lawsuit in Atlanta last year accusing Gemstar of using its "monopoly" power to coerce would-be licensees. Scientific Atlanta's suit claims Gemstar insisted the company would have to license "an entire bundle of [EPG] patents" to obtain the handful that it needed. Gemstar also demanded a $20-million "royalty payment" to cover cable boxes that Scientific Atlanta had already shipped and required that at least 70% of any ad revenue Scientific Atlanta collected from its EPG be handed over to Gemstar, according to the suit.>> As a shareholder of Gemstar, this really warms my heart. I just hope the Feds lay off of them and the merger is allowed to go through.