Comcast Corp. won a ruling from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in its patent dispute with TiVo Corp., Multichannel News reported Aug. 8.

Invalidating a patent owned by TiVo's Rovi Corp. unit, the board rejected TiVo's claim that a Comcast X1 feature allowing users to watch a channel while recording a show from another network violated the Rovi patent.

The ruling stated that the technology would be "obvious" to any company that designs DVRs.

A recent report indicated that Comcast and TiVo held talks to settle a patent dispute but failed to reach an agreement.