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It's either the end of an era or the beginning of a new one, depending how you look at it: Dish Network and EchoStar have reached a $500 million settlement agreement with TiVo in the companies' long-running legal battle over DVR patents. Under the deal, TiVo will receive $300 million up-front with the remaining $200 million distributed in annual $33 million installments through 2017. The deal ends all patent litigation between the… Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District has ruled that EchoStar digital video records did violate TiVo's crucial “time warp” patent on DVR functionality, and that EchoStar is on the hook for damages and subject to an injunction barring the infringing technology from the market. (PDF) Although the seven-to-five decision theoretically clears the way for TiVo to require infringing DVRs be shut off, EchoStar says it… Read More

TiVo has pulled off another victory in its long-running patent battle with EchoStar: a federal appeals court has upheld the $200 million contempt judgement levied against EchoStar back in 2009. The ruling means EchoStar is on the hook to pay about $300 million to TiVo for infringing on the company's famous “time-warp” patent for time-shifting recorded television broadcasts—that's $200 million in contempt… Read More

Just how much is DVR functionality worth? For EchoStar and corporate parent Dish Network, the answer may be more than $400 million: A U.S. District Court has awarded TiVO another $200 million in damages in the company's long-running patent infringement suit with EchoStar, bringing the total damages assessed against the satellite TV operator to around $400 million—and that's not counting lawyers' fees. The amount works out to… Read More