BUSINESS
November 19, 2005 | Joseph Menn, Times Staff Writer
Cisco Systems Inc. staked a $6.9-billion claim Friday on the world's living rooms. The San Jose-based maker of Internet routing gear is betting that its agreement to purchase Scientific-Atlanta Inc. will bolster its bid to control how music, movies and other data move around the house. Georgia-based Scientific-Atlanta builds set-top boxes for cable television companies.
BUSINESS
September 17, 2004 | From Bloomberg News
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.'s bid to block U.S. imports of television set-top boxes made by electronics maker Scientific-Atlanta Inc. Shares of Gemstar rose 9% on the news. The Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit ordered the U.S. International Trade Commission to reconsider whether Scientific-Atlanta infringed two Gemstar patents on television on-screen program guides.
BUSINESS
February 8, 2003 | From Bloomberg News
Scientific-Atlanta Inc. has received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in St. Louis as part of an investigation of cable-television operator Charter Communications Inc. Scientific-Atlanta, which provides digital cable set-top boxes to Charter, said the documents relate to marketing agreements with Charter, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Lawrenceville, Ga.-based electronics company said it's cooperating with the probe.
BUSINESS
August 17, 2002 | Reuters
Television set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta Inc. said it would cut its work force by about 400 jobs, or 6%, to help save about $40 million annually. Most of the reductions are effective immediately, although some will occur over the next several months, the Lawrenceville, Ga., firm said. The positions being eliminated are companywide.
BUSINESS
December 5, 1998 | From Bloomberg News
Scientific-Atlanta Inc., the No. 2 U.S. cable television set-top box maker, said Friday it filed a lawsuit against Pasadena-based Gemstar International Group alleging that the company is trying to monopolize and restrain development of TV program guides. Norcross, Ga.-based Scientific-Atlanta claims that Gemstar's patents for its program guides are invalid and that it's trying to exert monopoly power to restrain others from developing competing guides. Scientific-Atlanta asked the U.S.