Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 14, 2010

 

 

TIVO INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-27141   77-0463167

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2160 Gold Street,

Alviso, California

   95002
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 519-9100

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 8.01. Other Events.

On May 14, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. granted EchoStar’s request for an en banc hearing by the full Court of Appeals. This order vacated the March 4, 2010 decision by the Court of Appeals to affirm the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s finding of contempt of the District Court’s permanent injunction against EchoStar regarding EchoStar’s on-going infringement of TiVo’s U.S. Patent No. 6,233,389.

 

ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On May 17, 2010, David Zaslav, a member of the Board of Directors of TiVo Inc. and the Board’s Compensation Committee and Chair of the Board’s Pricing Committee, notified us, after serving as a director of TiVo for 9 years, that he will not stand for re-election at the end of his term, which expires at TiVo’s upcoming 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  TIVO INC.
Date: May 18, 2010   By:  

/s/    ANNA BRUNELLE        

    Anna Brunelle
    Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)