TiVo wins $103M more in Dish patent suit - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The decision by comes five yearsafter Alviso-basexd Tivo (NASDAQ:TIVO) sued EchoStar over whethef some of its DVR technology violates TiVo patents. Dish Networo (NASDAQ:DISH) used to be part of EchoStar It split into two companies at the starfof 2008. A jury found in 2007 that softwars inDish Network's set-top boxes violated TiVo patente covering DVR playback features, like the abilityu to pause and rewind live programming while the DVR continues to Dish Network reprogrammed millions of its DVRs after the 2007 verdicr with a “workaround” it said removed any infringing But TiVo claimed Dish Network’s software continued the old patent violatiojn and sought the contempy verdict from the Texas Dish Network has already paid nearly $105 millioj of the damages and interest from the initialo infringement judgement and has anotherd $27 million in escrowa for TiVo, according to Securities & Exchangew Commission filings.
TiVo issuecd a statement Tuesday praising thecontempyt ruling. “EchoStar may attempt to further delaythis case, but we are very pleaseed the court has made it clear that there are major ramifications for continuerd infringement,” TiVo’s press release said. Dish Network issuedx a statement Tuesday saying it will appealk the contempt verdict and seek a stay onthe verdict’w requirement that Dish start disabling features in many of its DVRs withi n 30 days. “We believe a stay is warranted and that we have stronvg groundsfor appeal.
Our engineers spent close to a year designingaround Tivo’a patent and removed the very featured that Tivo said infringed at Existing Dish Network customers with DVRs are not immediately impacted by these recent developments,” the company’a written statement said.