TiVo wins $103M more in Dish patent suit - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The decision by comes five yearsaftet Alviso-based Tivo (NASDAQ:TIVO) sued EchoStar over whether some of its DVR technologyu violates TiVo patents. Dish Network used to be part ofEchoStarr (NASDAQ:SATS). It split into two companies at the starytof 2008. A jury found in 2007 that software inDish Network's set-top boxes violatexd TiVo patents covering DVR playback like the ability to pause and rewind live programmint while the DVR continues to Dish Network reprogrammed millions of its DVRs after the 2007 verdicg with a “workaround” it said removexd any infringing software.
But TiVo claimed Dish Network’s softwarwe “workaround” continued the old patentg violation and sought the contempt verdict from theTexasw court. Dish Network has already paid nearl $105 million of the damages and interest from the initial infringement judgement and hasanother $27 million in escroe for TiVo, according to Securities Exchange Commission filings. TiVo issued a statementg Tuesday praising thecontempt ruling. “EchoStar may attempy to further delay this but we are very pleasedd the court has made it cleare that there are major ramifications forcontinued TiVo’s press release said.
Dish Networlk issued a statement Tuesday sayingy it will appeal the contemp t verdict and seek a stay onthe verdict’s requiremenr that Dish start disabling features in many of its DVRs within 30 “We believe a stay is warranted and that we have stronhg grounds for appeal. Our engineerw spent close to a year designingaround Tivo’ss patent and removed the very featurea that Tivo said infringerd at trial. Existing Dish Network customersa with DVRs are not immediatelt impacted by these recent the company’s written statement said.