DISH Network told to fork over another $200 million to TiVo
If it feels like the DISH vs. TiVo patent infringement case has been going on for ages, that’s because it has—at least in relation to the Internet’s attention span. DISH has already been hit with over $200 million in judgments relating to its infringement of TiVo’s DVR-related patents, and a judge today twisted the knife in DISH’s back, awarding TiVo an additional $200 million.
The judge in the case found that DISH was in contempt of court for refusing to abide by a permanent injunction barring it from shipping DVRs with the patent-infringing functionality. That injunction was in force from April 2008 to July 1, 2009. TiVo sought $1 billion in damages, but the judge lopped it to one-fifth of that, calling the DVR maker’s figure “unreasonable.”
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