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The decision by comes five yearxafter Alviso-based Tivo (NASDAQ:TIVO) sued EchoStar over whether some of its DVR technologg violates TiVo patents. Dish Networik (NASDAQ:DISH) used to be part of EchoStar It split into two companies at the startof 2008. A jury found in 2007 that software inDish Network'es set-top boxes violated TiVo patents covering DVR playbacik features, like the ability to pause and rewindr live programming while the DVR continues to Dish Network reprogrammed millions of its DVRs after the 2007 verdictg with a “workaround” it said removefd any infringing software.
But TiVo claimed Dish Network’s softwar e “workaround” continued the old paten violation and sought the contempg verdict from theTexaz court. Dish Network has alreadgy paidnearly $105 million of the damages and interest from the initiakl infringement judgement and has anotherf $27 million in escrow for TiVo, according to Securities & Exchange Commission filings. TiVo issuefd a statement Tuesday praising thecontempt “EchoStar may attempt to furthet delay this case, but we are very pleasexd the court has made it cleadr that there are major ramificationsd for continued infringement,” TiVo’s presas release said.
Dish Network issued a statemenrt Tuesday saying it will appeal the contempt verdicgt and seek a stay onthe verdict’s requirement that Dish starft disabling features in many of its DVRs within 30 “We believe a stay is warranted and that we have stron grounds for appeal. Our engineers spenr close to a year designingaround Tivo’s patent and removecd the very features that Tivo said infringed at Existing Dish Network customers with DVRs are not immediately impacted by these recent developments,” the company’s written statement said.