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March 18, 2008
Dish Wishing
Dish
Network, formerly EchoStar, remains in denial, now begging the CAFC for a
reversal of its upholding a $73.9 million jury damages award for infringing
TiVo patents. Dish points to an expert
witness they claim was self-contradictory, thus leaving infringement in doubt.
What's most in doubt is whether Dish will get anything beyond a deaf ear to its
plea.
In a petition filed Monday, Dish cried for another round: panel, en banc, over easy, scrambled, you name it.
With interest, the $74 million award inflates to $94, and, without settlement and a license, the pile continues to rise.
TiVo has signed Comcast, Cox Communications, and DirecTV as licensees.
TiVo management is struggling to steer the company to profitability. With rare exception, TiVo has been in the red since its founding 11 years ago; a none-too-well managed company a bit ahead of its time.
Posted by Patent Hawk at March 18, 2008 7:03 PM | Damages