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TiVo won a key victory in its legal battle to reclaim the DVR technology it pioneered after a federal appeals court affirmed that EchoStar and Dish Network have been illegally using the software. TiVo shares rose $2.15, or 32%, to $8.95 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Dish Network declined six cents to $28.33, while EchoStar rose 24 cents to $28.5
EchoStar Communications Corp infringed a TiVo Inc patent in building digital video recorders and must pay nearly $74 million in damages, a court that specializes in patent cases ruled on Thursday. Once the appeal is final, EchoStar will be barred from selling the infringing devices, the ruling said. EchoStar said it already had a substitute box.
TiVo won a key victory in its legal battle to reclaim the DVR technology it pioneered after a federal appeals court affirmed that EchoStar and Dish Network have been illegally using the software.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington means that EchoStar (now known as Dish Network Corp.) will have to stop selling and turn off more than 4 million digital video recorders that were determined to have infringed upon TiVo's proprietary technology.
TiVo won yet another victory in its long-running patent infringement battle against Dish Network. A federal appeals court has upheld the lower court's ruling and damage award, and Dish Network is likely to be forced to shut off its DVR service once the appeal becomes final.
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