According to the lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas, Motorola subsidiary General Instrument owns multiple patents for DVR technology, including some filed in 1995 more than two years before TiVo developed its own DVR set-top box.
The patents in question allow people to record a television show while watching another.
In 2009, TiVo filed its own suit against a Motorola customer, Verizon Communications Inc., alleging that it violating TiVo's patent. Motorola sells set-top boxes to Verizon, which in turn sells DVR service to its subscribers.
TiVo, based in Alviso, Calif., declined to comment on the Motorola lawsuit.
