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To: drew_m who wrote (3442)	7/25/2000 7:05:40 AM
From: drew_m	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

Interesting article regarding GMST and WorldGate and what looks to be a battle in the courts. Worth a quick read. Snipet.. <Cristinziano said making TV Gateway a server-based guide, as opposed to a set-top-based guide, skirts some of those patents, but that alone would not insulate the newcomer. "You need to do more than that. You also need to do things with the user interface," Cristinziano said. "There will be lawsuits. The courts will have to decide what is patented and patentable here."> <Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. Inc. analyst Michael Cristinziano, who was briefed on the TV Gateway plans, said the rift between cable operators and Gemstar-TV Guide centers around control and advertising-revenue splits. He added that Gemstar-TV Guide was asking for as much as 80 percent of advertising revenue generated from the IPG, in addition to the per-subscriber fee.> multichannel.com Drew@WorldgatewillprobablyhireOJ'slegalteam.com