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TiVo Wins $200 Million Judgement Against Dish Network
TiVo, the company that helped lead a revolution in television digital video recorders (DVR), won a federal court contempt judgment against the Dish Network in Texas.
TiVo, the company that helped lead a revolution in television digital video recorders (DVR), won a federal court contempt judgment against the Dish Network in Texas.
In a statement, TiVo explained: “we are pleased by the court’s ruling to impose contempt sanctions of approximately $200 million against EchoStar for its continued violation of a Court-ordered permanent injunction… This brings total damages and sanctions in this case to approximately $400 million.”
TiVo had sued EchoStar, which was then bought by Dish Network, for infringing on its DVR copyrights. The suit has been ongoing for half a decade, and will likely continue to be appealed.
TiVo, which was founded in 1997, won an earlier judgment that ordered EchoStar to stop offering DVR services. That was years ago, and now EchoStar owes $200 million in contempt fees for the ongoing offense. While TiVo asked the court for $1 billion, the court awarded only a fraction of that amount.
Dish offered its own statement on the ruling, saying: “We are pleased that the district court rejected Tivo’s request to award a billion dollars in sanctions and that it found that any violation of the injunction was not willful. While we disagree that any amount of sanctions was warranted, the decision confirms our belief that we designed around Tivo’s patent in good faith. We believe that we ultimately will prevail on appeal.”
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